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THE STORY OF THE 

275th anniversary CELEBRATION 

OF THE FOUNDING OF 

SOUTHOLD TOWN 



THE STORY OF THE 
275th anniversary 
CELEBRATION OF 
THE FOUNDING OF 
SOUTHOLD TOWN 

JULY 21-25, 1915 



BY 

ELLA B. HALLOCK 



COVER DESIGN BY 
MR. & MRS. HENRY PRELLWTTZ 



Come and live with us in the Fondly Remembered Past, 
the Happy Present, and the Promising Future. 

— Celebration Poster 



GARDEN CITY NEW YORK 

DOUBLEDAY. PAGE & COMPANY 
1915 






Copyright, 1915, by 
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF 

TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, 

INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN 



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M --S 1916 

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CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Foreword . - 3 

Official Program 6 

Officers and Committees 8 

Story of the Celebration 15 

Opening Reception 

Academy Reunion 

Parade 

Ball Games 

Minstrel Show 

Memorial Gateway 

Water Sports 

Fireworks 

Pageant Play 

Closing Concert 

Sunday Morning Services 

Union Religious Service 

Union Memorial Service 

Historic Exhibit 

Tea House 

Dancing Platform 

Conclusion 

Synopsis of the Pageant Play . . . • , 52 

Prologue 
Prelude 

Spirits of Nature 

Indians 
Episode I. First Twenty Years of Southold 
Interlude — Dance, "America" 

Episode II. Political Government of Early Southold 
Interlude — Early Southold School 

Episode III. French and Indian War— " Spinning Song" 
Episode IV. Early Revolutionary Days 
Episode V. Return of Peace 
Finale — Tableau and Recessional 

Early History of Southold 68 



CONTENTS 



Old Home Sites and Settlements . 
Letters from Southwold, England 
Celebration Poems and Songs 
Letter from the Chairman . 
Report of the Treasurer 
Southold Sun Dial 



PAGE 

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76 
79 
83 
84 

FACING PAGE 82 



THE STORY OF THE 

275th anniversary CELEBRATION 

OF THE FOUNDING OF 

SOUTHOLD TOWN 



FOREWORD 

The history of an event cannot be written a few months 
after it takes place, but the story of it can be told at any 
time by anybody who chanced to be an eye-witness, and 
usually with a certain degree of interest. Such an account 
will not be accurate in every detail, possibly, but it will 
convey an impression that is honest at least, and that may 
not as a whole be far from the truth. The report that 
appeared in the Long Island Traveler the week following 
the Celebration, seemed to serve the purpose for which it 
was designed, viz., to portray to friends who were far- 
distant from the old town, and recall to those who were 
present, the four eventful days of the Celebration. It is 
therefore used as a basis of the story that will attempt, in 
lieu of history, to preserve a record of events that time may 
prove as epoch-making. 

"How did it all happen?" is the eternal question that 
must be answered first. Like many other large growths, it 
came from small plantings, and this is another fact that 
adds to the interest in the great Celebration of 1915. About 
one year before it took place, a few people were casting 
about in their troubled minds as to ways and means of rais- 
ing funds for the Southold Library. A summer resident, 
Miss Mabel Stone, suggested a Pageant. What was a 
Pageant ? That was an old word, but it had a new meaning. 
Anybody who desired to know what it meant, might go on a 
certain afternoon to the home of Mrs. Mary H. Dayton and 
then and there the modem mysteries of the word would be 
revealed by Miss Stone. About a dozen people listened to 
the description of a Pageant in which the speaker had been 
interested, with the result that not one of the listeners 
thought such a form of dramatic representation practicable 
for Southold. However, the matter was to be taken into 
consideration and in three months another meeting would 

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be called. Again in January the little company came 
together in the Southold Reading Room. Quite a full 
report on the history of Pageants and their manner of pro- 
duction was given, but all to the confirming of the opinion 
that a Pageant was not for Southold. Hearts failed at the 
thought of the labor and expense of such an undertaking. 
The suggestion that Southold plan for an Old Home Week 
or at least a Four Days' Celebration was met with approval. 
This should include field and aquatic sports, a parade, feat- 
ures commemorative of the founding of Southold, and also 
entertainments by means of which the desired funds could 
be raised. There was approval, resignation, determination, 
but no enthusiasm as yet, and — no officers. 

A couple of months passed. The matter had gone too far 
to be dropped. The president of the Library Board, Dr. 
John W. Stokes, called a meeting in Belmont Hall. Forty 
people responded to the call. At this meeting Mr. Edward D. 
Cahoon consented to act as chairman of the Celebration, and 
Mr. Frederick K. Terry as secretary and treasurer. Mrs. 
Albert A. Folk and Dr. John W. Stokes, who had been inter- 
ested in the movement from the start, were elected assistant 
chairmen. Before accepting the office of chairman, Mr. 
Cahoon said : 

"Do all the people really want a Celebration? Do they want it 
enough to pay the price? 



"The opportunity is rare to associate all classes of our citizens in 
the bonds of unity and closer friendship by working harmoniously 
together in a common interest, with an unselfish purpose. If the 
undertaking is approached in this spirit by all, it will not be too large 
for us, but will bring to our community more than a passing show or 
anniversary spectacle. It will leave us better friends and neighbors 
because of our better understanding of one another and self-denial in 
a common cause. This should be our first thought and chief aim as the 
thing most worthy of the immense amount of time and thought 
required to make a creditable Anniversary Celebration. It is too big 
an undertaking for an executive committee or a few people. It must 
enlist not only the sympathy, but must claim also the time and the 
talents of our whole people — and this is what I mean by paying the 
price. It is not money — that is easy to give. I want to know that we 
are willing to give freely of the things which money will not buy. 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 5 

Assured of this, I have no anxiety about the financial success. Failure 
could mean only poor business management by your executive com- 
mittee. This liability they are ready to assume and nobody will be 
asked for financial assistance or to help make up deficiencies." 

The key-note of success had been sounded — and a higher 
note, also, that was dominant to the end. Something awoke 
in those quiet souls that were gathered on that afternoon in 
one corner of Belmont Hall. They would give themselves 
wholly to the service of Southold. What concerned her 
should concern them. The success of this new enterprise 
should mean something more than four days of spectacular 
entertainment. From this time on doubts vanished, com- 
mittees were formed, and Southold became a network of 
organized labor toward a single end. 

One other signal step in the progress of events must be 
recorded — perhaps the most important one of all. As the 
program for the Old Home Week or the Four Days' Celebra- 
tion was assuming definite shape, a letter came to the enter- 
tainment committee bringing news that seemed too good to 
be true. The letter was from May Marshall Addy, whom 
Southold can claim almost as its very own, so many seasons 
has she summered here and so closely allied are her interests 
with those of the town. She informed the committee of her 
study of, and experience in, the presentation of pageants, 
and expressed her willingness to direct a Pageant Play of 
Ancient Southold Town. Again doubts and fears were 
thrown to the winds, and decisions as to the impracticability 
of a pageant in Southold were forgotten. Without omitting 
a single feature already agreed upon, the pageant, with May 
Marshall Addy as directress, was incorporated into the pro- 
gram, and the celebration committee went forward with 
perfect confidence that its great plans could be carried out. 



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PROGRAM OF CELEBRATION EVENTS 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21 

8:00 p.m. Public Reception in Southold Academy, in 

costumes of early days, under auspices of the Tuesday 
Morning Club. 

THURSDAY, JULY 22 
6:00 a.m. Ringing of all the bells in town. 

9:00 a.m. Informal Academy Reunion of Teachers, 
Pupils and Friends in the old Southold Academy. 

2:00 p.m. Grand Carnival and Historical Parade. 

Dr. J. H. Marshall, Grand Marshal 

4:00 p.m. Ball Game — Newark Female Stars vs. South- 
old. On High School Grounds. 

Charles T. Gordon, Manager 
8:00 p.m. Open-Air Old -Time Minstrel Show on the 
Pageant Green on Bliss Lawn. 

J. Leo Thompson, Manager 

FRIDAY, JULY 23 

1:30 p.m. Ball Game — Sag Harbor vs. Southold. On 
High School Grounds. 

4:30 p.m. Dedication of Founders* Landing Memorial 
Gateway, erected by the Ladies' Village Improvement 
Society, at Founders' Park, Town Harbor. 

5:30 p.m. Grand Community Beach Party — Prize Con- 
tests ; Athletic and Water Sports. Basket Lunch on Beach. 

In the evening, Water Carnival of Decorated Boats, 
Magnificent Display of Fireworks. 

Music by Greenport Cornet Band. 

SATURDAY, JULY 24 

1:30 p.m. League Ball Game — Orient vs. Southold. On 
High School Grounds. 



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3:30 p.m. sharp. Historical Pageant Play of Ancient 
Southold Town, the great event of the Celebration, on Bliss 
Lawn. May Marshall Addy, Directress 

8:15 p.m. Closing Concert. William Faversham and 
Julie Opp Faversham in Dramatic Recitals. Hazel Carpen- 
ter, Pianist. Clara Strong Tuthill (Soprano), Marie Mor- 
risey (Contralto), Os-ke-non-ton in Indian Songs, William 
M. Campbell (Baritone), Soloists. May Horton Hummel, 
Accompanist. Held in the First Church. 

SUNDAY, JULY 25 

Sunday Morning, Regular Services in all the Churches. 

2:45 p.m. Union Religious Service by all the people of 
Southold Town, on the Lav/n of the First Church, Rev. Wil- 
liam H. Lloyd, presiding. Opening Remarks by Rev. Epher 
Whitaker, D.D., Pastor Emeritus of the First Church, now in 
his ninety-sixth year. Rev. William Force Whitaker, D.D., 
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, N. J., 
Orator of the Day. Prayer by Rev. Herbert E. Marsland. 
Responsive Reading, led by Rev. George Wilson Scudder. 
Benediction by Rev. Charles E. Craven, D.D. Music by 
Singers of Southold Town, under the direction of Rev. 
Hafl-is K. Smith. 

7:30 p.m. Union Memorial Service in the First Church, 
Rev. Charles E. Craven, D.D., the principal speaker. 



Every day and evening from 10 o'clock a.m., ample 
refreshments served in the Colonial Tea House. 

An interesting and valuable historical exhibit in the old 
Col. John Young's House, built in 1647. 

Dancing every evening on the Tea House Lawn. 

Merry-Go-Round and Carnival Sports on the lot of 
Lewis W. Korn, Main Street. 

Pennants, Buttons and Medals designed by Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry Prellwitz, and Southold Souvenir Sundials, designed 
by Dr. Geo. W. Fitz, and other souvenirs on sale at the Infor- 
mation Bureau and other places. 

Information Bureau at Colonial Tea House Comer. 



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CELEBRATION OFFICERS 

Chairman of Celebration 

Edward D. Gaboon 

Assistant Chairmen 

Mrs. Albert A. Folk 

John W. Stokes, M.D. 

Secretary and Treasurer 

Frederick K. Terry 

Pageant Directress 

May Marshall Addy 



Ella B. Hallock 
Lewis C. Austin 
Henry A. Reeves 
John L. Kahler 



CELEBRATION COMMITTEES 

Publicity 

Alfred H. Cosden, Chairman 
Wm. T. Gagen 
Mrs. Frank D. Smith 
Herbert M. Hawkins 
Lewis P. Wilkinson 
Charles Gildersleeve 



Albert A. Folk 



Auditing 
H. Howard Huntting, Chairman 
Thomas Farley 
William H. Joost 



Albert T. Dickerson 
Wm. H. Terry 
John M. Howard 
Daniel H. Horton- 
James M. Grattan 
S. Lester Albertson 
Wm. L. Williams 
Robert F. Carey 
Wm. O. Salmon 
E. D. Gaboon 
Richard Hogan 
Stephen O. Salmon 



Admission and Sales 
Lewis W. Korn, Chairman 
George Hogan 
Clair Van Dusen 
Myron Glover 
John Ruebsamen 
Jay Glover 
Joseph Carroll 
Edward Grattan 
Edward Donahue 
Thomas Fox 
Israel P. Terry 
Richard Hodgins 
William Grattan 




Officers 

Edward D. Cahoon, Chairman 
Dr. John W. Stokes, Frederick K. Terry, 

Asst. Chairman Secretary and Treasurer 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

Religious and Literary 
Rev. Epher Whitaker, D.D., Honorary Chairman 
Frank R. Mitchell, Chairman 
Albert T. Dickerson Chas. L. Sanford 

Archie W. Symonds Rev. Wm. H. Lloyd 

John H. Lehr Rev. Francis Uleau 

Edward D. Cahoon Rev. H. E. Marsland 

Thomas J. Phillips Rev. Geo. W. Scudder 

Evening Entertainments 

Mrs. Ella B. Hallock, Chairman 
Mrs. Frank D. Smith Fred G. Prince 

Mrs. A. F. Lowerre Harry Vail 

Mrs. W. A. Cochran Joseph H. Marshall, M.D. 

J. Leo Thompson Nat S. Tuthill 

Charles Gildersleeve 

Historical Exhibits 

Mary L. Dayton, Chairman 
Mary Jane Corwin Mrs. George H. Terry 

Mrs. Albert A. Folk Mrs. William H. Taylor 

Mrs. Joseph A. Wells Gertrude Corwin 

Amy Sturges Mary Huntting 

Margaret Harper Henry Heath, M.D. 

Edith Prince Mrs. Henry Heath 

Marcella Fox Herbert L. Fordham 

Mrs. Annie A. Spooner Mrs. Herbert L. Fordham 

Richard S. Sturges 

Historical and Carnival Parade 

Dr. Joseph H. Marshall, Chairman 

George H. Fleet Alvah M. Salmon 

Alfred H. Cosden Frank Turner 

William W. Griffin George H. Wells 

Samuel P. Hedges William Batterman 

Edwin D. Tuthill Nathaniel E. Booth 

Charles F. Smith Frederick W. Bridge 

Walter Grabie Samuel Dickerson 

Charles Stephenson William H. Glover 

Nathan H. Sayre Dr. Joseph M. Hartranft 

Melrose I. Booth Frederick T. Jennings 

Louis N. Sanford John Kenney 

John Ruebsamen Walter T. Smith 

W. Corey Albertson Milton R. Terry 

Henry Wolff Arthur Taylor 

William Holden Benjamin B. Tuthill 

Frank F. Overton John H. Young 
Philip H. Horton 



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Aquatic Sports and Water Carnival 

Dr. E. L'H. McGinnis, Chairman 
Arthur Jones, Commodore Shelter Island Yacht Club 
Edwin M. Millard Rensselaer G. Terry 

Wm. F. Moore Benj. F. Macomber 

Milton R. Terry Albert Taylor 

John Ruebsamen Teunis Bergen 

Edwin Prellwitz Nathan Davis 

John Messenger John J. Conklin 

Albert G. Case 



Decorations, Illuminations, Grand Stand and Grounds 
Wm. T. Gagen, Chairman 



George W. Smith 
Wm. R. Newbold 
Richard S. Sturges 
Frederick Fickeissen 
J. Edward Corey 
E. Ernest Boisseau 
Spencer W. Petty 
Chas. H. Becktold 
Louis Baumann 
Frank Strasser 



Thomas C. Fox 
J. Leo Thompson 
Fred E. Booth 
Herbert W. Simons 
Henry F. Van Wyck 
George R. Jennings 
Fred. G. Prince 
Millard W, Colder 
Benj. L. Prince 
John Breitstadt 
Fred. C. Leicht 



Henry L. Jewell 
Jonathan T. Overton 
S. L. Bennett 
Nicholas Carey 
Wm. F. Moore 
Albert W. Albertson 
Theo. Hoinkis 



Fireworks 

Lewis W. Korn, Chairman 
Frank Gagen 
Theo. Nenninger 
Wm. H. Swartwout 
Fred. E. Booth 
Wm. Schwicker 
Louis A. Tuthill 
Charles T. Gordon 



Dedication 

Mrs. Sarah E. Wheeler, Chairman 
Mrs. Geo. R. Jennings Henry W. Prince 

Mrs. M. Belle Van Dusen Wm. H. Beebe 

Lewis W. Korn 



Historic Sites 

N. Hubbard Cleveland, Chairman 
Frank T. Wells Frank C. Horton 

Frank P. Pottinger Edward H. Green 



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John W. 
Mrs. Irving R. Wiles 
Mrs. E. A. Bell 
Mrs. Elizabeth Hall 
Georgia Marshall 
Mrs. James M. Grattan 
Edward A. Bell 



Social Dancing 

Stokes, M.D., Chairman 

W. Corey Albertson 
Israel P. Terry 
Geo. F. Hummel 
John V. M. Howell 
Stephen O. Salmon 
Albert Taylor 
Joseph Carroll 



Geo. F. Hummel 
Jesse L. Case 
Mrs. Louise Ruebsamen 
Mrs. Wm. F. Moore 
Mrs. Thomas Farley 
Mrs. Martin Lehr 
Mrs. Geo. W. Smith 



Community Beach Party 

Frank D. Smith, Chairman 

Mrs. H. N. Booth 
Mrs. Wm. J. Conway 
Mrs. David T. Conklin 
Mrs. J. Ernest Howell 
Mrs. P. J. Mahoney 
Mrs. Wm. H. Taylor 
Mrs. Geo. C. Terry 
D. H. Jackson 



E. A. Bell 
Harry G. Fitz 
James Matthews 
H. M. Hawkins 



Israel P. Terry 
John Diller, Jr. 



Badges, Flags and Posters 

Henry Prellwitz, Chairman 

W. I. Hagerman 
May Mitchell 
Richard C. Addy 
Wilson Glover 
Otto Schafer 

Field Sports 
Chas. T. Gordon, Chairman 
C. W. Booth 
Wm. T. Gagen 
Fred. T. Jennings 



Refreshments 

Ladies' Village Improvement Society and Others 
Mrs. Horatio N. Booth, Chairman 



Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 



David T. Conklin 
M. Belle Van Dusen 
Thomas Farley 
Sarah Wheeler 
Jane Corwin 
George R. Jennings 
David H. Jackson 
Edward O. Harrison 
Benjamin L. Prince 
Theodore Nenninger 
Theresa Davis 



Mrs. Albert A. Folk 
Mrs. Caroline Howell 
Mrs. George C. Wells 
Mrs. Louis Baumann 
Mrs. Thomas Billard 
Mrs. Annie Tillinghast 
Anna Beebe 
Margaret Harper 
Frances W. Booth 
Mrs. Catherine Cogan 
Mrs. Theodore Smith 



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Mrs, 



Mrs. Albert W. Albertson 
Mrs. John W. Stokes 
Mrs. Frederick K. Terry- 
Mrs. Daniel H. Horton 
Mrs. Frederick W. Bridge 
Mrs. Mary Freeman 
Mrs. Millard W. Colder 
Mrs. Albert A. Folk 
Mrs. Archie W. Symonds 
Mrs. Albert T. Dickerson 
Mrs. Henry L. Jewell 
Mrs. Frederick G. Prince 
Mrs. Henry F. Van Wyck 
Mrs. Henry Fisher 



Tea House 

Whist Club and Others 
Louis N. Sanford, Chairman 



Emma Teague 



Ernestine Boutcher 
Amy Sturges 
May Case 
Agnes McCabe 
Susie May 
Ellie Terry 
Susie Terry 
Hilda Leicht 
Miriam Boisseau 
Doris Hagerman 
Josephine Crattan 
Isabel Boisseau 
Edna Cahoon 
Vera Terry 
Mary Kenney 
Caroline Taylor 



Mrs. Thomas J. Phillips 
Mrs. Frank R. Mitchell 
Mrs. Joseph M. Hartranft 
Mrs. Joseph H. Marshall 
Mrs. Alfred H. Cosden 
Mrs. Albert Steiner 
Mrs. Edward D. Cahoon 
Mrs. Edwin M. Millard 



Opening Reception 

Tuesday Morning Club 
Mrs. Joseph N. Hallock, Chairman 



Mrs. Edward A. Bell 
Mrs. Oliver V. Penney 
Mrs. Elsie Williams 
Mrs. John M. Howard 
Mrs. Frank D. Smith 
Mrs. Frederick W. Bridge 
Mrs. Elizabeth Hall 
Mrs. Richard C. Addy 



Academy Reunion 

Miss Mattie A. Wells, Chairman 
George W. Fitz, M.D. Miss Ida F. Wells 

John V. M. Howell Mrs. Louise Pond Jewell 

Mrs. Ella Judd Bennett Mrs. Annie Allis Payne 

Hospitality 
Mrs. Frederick G. Prince, Chairman 

Music 

Professor C. Oscar Moore, Leader of Pageant Play Orchestral Music 

Mrs. Regina Sturmdorf, Leader of Pageant Play Vocal Music 

Rev. Harris K. Smith, Leader of Choral Music 

William M. King, Leader of General Orchestral Music 

Mrs. May Horton Hummel, Piano Accompanist 



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Pageant Play Dances 
Hazel King, Chairman 

Costumes 
Georgia Marshall, Chairman 



Reporting and Printing 

Joseph N. Hallock, Chairman 
John L. Kahler Harry Lee 

Henry A. Reeves Lewis C. Austin 

Horace H. Williamson Harry Brown 

Transportation 

Silas A. H. Dayton, Chairman 
John S. Jenkins W. Corey Albertson 

Chas. B. Byron John B. Coleman 

Charles L. Stephenson 

Police and Public Safety 

Fred E. Booth, Chairman 
Frank Moffat 
Spencer W. Petty 
Harry Myers 
Frank T. Wells 
Harold Booth 
Treat Merwin 
Thomas Fleming 
Theodore Nenninger 
John Turner 
Charles Turner 
Henry Wilkinson 
Fred T. Jennings 
Otto Schwan 
Edward H. Green 
Charles T. Gordon 



Benjamin F. Macomber 
J. Leo Thompson 
Leo Gagen 
Albert W. Albertson 
James J. Gagen 
Andrew Gagen 
Thomas J. Carey 
Nicholas Carey 
Patrick Carey, Jr. 
John Carey 
William J. Conway 
Benjamin Gaffga 
George Gaffga 
Ernest Ullerich 
George Price 



Rensselaer 
Israel P. Terry 
Clement W. Booth 
Albert W. Albertson 
Carlisle Cochran 
John J. Turner 
O. V. Penney 
W. J. Grattan 



Ushers 

G. Terry, Chairman 
Henry Jennings 
J. Irving Fanning 
W. Germond Cochran 
Philip L. Danz 
Albert G. Francis 
Millard Howard 
John Ruebsamen 



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Program 

May Marshall Addy, Chairman 
Louise Pond Jewell Joseph N. Hallock 

Auxiliary 

Riverhead 
Mr. Robert P. GrifRng, Chairman 
Rev. William I. Chalmers Mrs. Otis G. Pike 

Aquebogue 
Miss Mary L. Aldrich, Chairman 
Miss Nellie W. Young Mr. George C. Young 

Mattituck 
Mr. Charles Gildersleeve, Chairman 
Mrs. Herbert R. Conklin Rev. Charles E. Craven, D.D. 

Cutchogue and Neiv Suffolk 
Mrs. Harrison H. Tuthill, Chairman 
Mrs. Frederick G. Beebe Mrs. James Wickham 

Greenport 
Mr. Seward S. Travis, Chairman 
Mr. Fred B. Corey Mrs. George E. Post 

Mr. Frank D. Schaumburg Mrs. Joseph Townsend 

Mrs. John J. Bartlett 

East Marion 
Miss Effie Mull, Chairman 
Mrs. Edward T. Rackett Mrs. Halsey Wiggins 

Orient 
Miss Leila M. Young, Chairman 
Mrs. Estelle B. Dearborn Dr. Henry Heath 



The Story of the Celebration 

The Celebration of the Two Hundred and Seventh-fifth 
Anniversary of the Founding of Southold Town ! How can 
its story be told — what it meant to the people and what it 
revealed of them ? The most interesting thing about it was 
its transforming power. The quiet streets and fields were 
unrecognizable. There was pageantry everywhere — by day 
and night — color, music, motion, brilliancy, and a vast, 
happy throng of people. Men and women who have gone 
staidly about their homely duties were found perfectly equal 
to meeting the strain and quick emergencies of the great 
occasion. Farmers who have jogged slowly behind work- 
horses all their lives became tense, alert policemen, guiding 
with perfect safety and without confusion the thousands of 
people and automobiles that completely filled the streets. 
Southold may be old and her people staid, but she is not dead 
or even decrepit. She can be keenly alive when there is 
occasion to be such. 

Opening Reception 

The evening of the 21st came. The wind blew east, 
clouds hung low, storms raged near, but at eight o'clock the 
magic hour struck and the old town sprang to life and soul- 
stirring excitement. Regardless of rain, the automobiles 
began rolling to the door of the old Academy in that 
ceaseless stream that marked a feature of the Celebra- 
tion. It was a magic hour and a magic scene. Time 
seemed to have turned back. Ladies and gentlemen in 
grand and dainty costumes, true to the period of more 
than a hundred years ago, glided swiftly up the grass-grown 
walk, under the porch, past the stately, well-trained serv- 
ants, into the beautiful old parlor, where they were gra- 
ciously received by George and Martha Washington (Mr. 

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R. S. Sturges and Mrs. Elsie Williams). The room itself 
was well worth visiting. Deft hands and exquisite taste had 
gathered together just the articles to give the right feeling 
of a lovely, old-time parlor. The room was dimly lighted 
with candles and shaded lamps, their soft glow adding to the 
impression that the beautiful, gay figures were a part of a 
phantom scene of long ago. 

True to the traditions and tastes of Southold, that some- 
thing grave must be mixed always with the gay, on this 
historic occasion a valuable paper relating to the settling of 
Southold and the sites of its old homes, was read. It was 
written in 1876, by the late Albertson Case, Esq., when he 
was Town Clerk of Southold. Mr. N. Hubbard Cleveland, 
who is one of the best authorities on local history and was 
chairman of the historic sites committee, brought the paper 
to the attention of the chairman of the Celebration and at 
Mr. Cleveland's request it was read by the present Town 
Clerk, Mr. Joseph N. Hallock. (A part of the paper is printed 
elsewhere.) 

Solos that touched hearts were sung by a true daughter 
and son of Southold, Anna Prince Hedges, a descendant of 
William Wells, the lawyer, and Don Salmon Whitcomb, 
descended from one of the early settlers. The words of Mrs. 
Hedges's song of greeting, "Our Own Folk," were written by 
her for the occasion, and sung to the tune, "My Ain Folk," 
proved fitting and beautiful. And Mr. Whitcomb's brilliant 
rendering of Bruno Huhn's "Invictus" — who will ever forget 
it or the message of the song ? 

Throughout the evening old-fashioned airs were played on 
stringed instruments from King's Orchestra, of Greenport. 
In spite of the crowd, the grand march took place, George 
and Martha Washington leading, and then to the joy of the 
older generation, followed the quadrille and lancers, danced 
in a manner quite to their satisfaction. 

Thus the Tuesday Morning Club, through its able sub- 
committees, worked out in detail and met the expense of 
every arrangement for a reception that might fittingly open 
the Celebration and sound the first note of a grand success. 



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For a few hours only during that night did quiet reign 
in the town. At what seemed a surprisingly early hour, and 
in a surprising manner to many, every bell in town pealed 
forth, announcing that the first glad day of the Celebration 
had dawned. R. S. Sturges, who guards jealously the treas- 
ures and interests of the First Church, brought out the 
old metal triangle, that was doubtless the first bell ever used 
in Southold, and amid all the clanging, its notes were heard, 
not unlike those of a fire bell. 

Academy Reunion 

On the morning of Thursday, with the same heartiness 
and jubilance of spirit, in the same place as on the previous 
evening, gathered the former students, teachers, and friends 
of the old Southold Academy. They came not as of yore, on 
the first day, nearly fifty years ago, plodding through deep 
snow, but flying up the shady street in swift automobiles, 
and many of them. Promptly at 9 o'clock the bell rang, but 
order did not follow for a long time. Old schoolmates must 
clasp hands, look in one another's faces, and recall the days 
when they were Dan and Bill and Joe. Jolly times! Old 
pranks must be played over again. The same old excuses 
must be slipped into teacher's hand. No barriers now 
between teachers and pupils ! Trials and troubles of school 
days were all forgotten in the golden afterglow that comes 
with years. It was good to be there and witness the bond 
between the students and teachers of the old Academy. To 
make the reunion perfect. Dr. Whitaker was present, and 
many and valuable were the incidents he told relating to the 
founding and early days of the Academy. 

Among those present from out of town were: Annie 
Smith Cummings, Mary Howell Wells, Rev. Daniel H. Over- 
ton, Ella Sanford Cartwright, Arthur H. Terry, M.D., Etta 
Tuthill Terry, Harriet Fanning Fitz, Geo. W. Fitz, M.D., 
Jennie Salmon Bryan, May Case.Berresford, Agnes Lindsay 
Biles, Helen Hunting Bly, B. A. Hallock, Elizabeth Elmer, 
Grace Payne Rhodes, Melrose Spooner, Carrie Corey Mor- 
ton, Nat S. Tuthill, Myra Robinson Tuthill, Anna Prince 



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Hedges, Hon. John L. Havens, Burton D. Corwin, Lizzie Tut- 
hill Hudson, Lucy M. Leicht, Edna Spooner Morrell, Joseph 
C. Albertson. Former principals or assistants present were : 
Mrs. James R. Robinson, Mrs. Louise Pond Jewell, Mrs. 
Annie Allis Payne, Mrs. J. N. Hallock. 

Finally school was "called" by Miss Mattie Wells, chair- 
man of the Reunion Committee. All joined in singing 
"America" and repeating the Twenty-third Psalm. Dr. 
Whitaker offered a brief prayer. Remarks were made by the 
last president of the Alumni, Rev. D. H. Overton, Mrs. 
James R. Robinson, Mrs. Cartwright, and Miss Mary Hunt- 
ting. School was dismissed with anticipations of a joyful 
reunion on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the 
Academy, to be celebrated in 1918. 

Parade 

On Thursday afternoon the long-looked-for and talked- 
about parade took place. Good judges declared it was the 
best thing of its kind ever put together on Long Island. It 
was not such by chance. Dr. J. H. Marshall, the grand mar- 
shal, had a grand conception in his mind of what Southold 
might do in the way of a parade and he worked for weeks 
and months, determined that his conception should be real- 
ized. Persons owning automobiles, horses, vehicles of any 
kind, farm machinery, fire apparatus, boats — anything that 
would add interest to the parade — were interviewed and 
their promise secured to be ready at the appointed place and 
time. Few failed to keep the appointment and, more than 
that, each participant spent time and means to make his 
contribution to the great parade a worthy one. Need one 
marvel, then, when all these carefully prepared parts came 
together, that a spectacle was produced that thrilled the 
hearts of the beholders. 

There was a stateliness about it, a magnificence, surely 
an artistic effect, that seldom characterizes a parade. It 
moved like clockwork, without jolt or jar or friction of any 
kind. The automobiles and floats were remarkable for their 
beauty of design and execution. Some of the finest horses 




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Grand Marshal of the Parade 




Frederick E. Booth 
Chairman of Public Safety Committee 





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L. F. Terry 



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in the country stepped proudly to the music. Even the 
comical features were interesting, because it was known just 
what a frolic some of the best known men in our town were 
having in contributing their services in this manner for the 
enjoyment of others. 

The line of march was from Mill Hill, where the line 
formed, to Hobart Avenue, then around the block by Town 
Harbor and up Bay Avenue to Main Street, then west to the 
point of beginning — a distance of about four miles. Houses 
and public building were gaily decorated and ten thousand 
people lined the streets. The parade was one and one half 
miles long and it took twenty-five minutes to pass a given 
point. There were two hundred and fifteen automobiles and 
it is estimated that two thousand persons took part and 
were in the line of parade. 

Headed by Dr. Marshall on a noble steed, and the Sag 
Harbor Cornet Band, the parade started promptly at two 
o'clock. Following, came a yoke of oxen and an ox-cart, 
driven by Mr. Peter Gaffga. These were the same ox-cart 
and driver that took part in the parade twenty-five years 
ago. Then, however, there were six oxen instead of two, 
and it was not necessary to import them from a distant 
place. Had it not been for the kindness of Mr. Eugene \Y. 
Durkee, of Patchogue, who loaned the oxen, and the knowl- 
edge and skill of Mr. Gaffga as a past-driver, anything so 
rare as a noble yoke of oxen might not have led the parade 
of 1915. Even with the oxen setting the pace, no eye was 
quick enough to see and make note of everything. It all 
passed too swiftly. 

The Greenport Fire Department was represented by 
Relief Hose and Eagle Hose; Mattituck's Fire Department 
v/as present, and Southold was represented by Eagle Hook 
and Ladder, Protection Engine and its hose company, with 
young girls riding on the engine. As a contrast v/ith mod- 
ern fire-fighting apparatus came the Riverhead Red Jacket 
engine, one hundred years old, the first engine in Riverhead. 
Then followed a young boys' band ; fantastic marchers of all 
sorts and kinds; Southold High School boys and girls; 
young Continentals ; Boy Scouts ; Indians ; horseback riders ; 



20 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

1640 hay-rack filled with first settlers ; a wagon containing 
old farm machinery ; another, members of the W. C. T. U. ; 
a Knights of Columbus Float bearing a ship to represent 
Columbus's ship ; Josephine Addy dressed in national colors 
in a cart drawn by her big dog; Newark Female Stars and 
Southold Baseball Nine; and many other decorated wagons. 
Headed by the Greenport Cornet Band came two hundred 
and fifteen decorated autos. It would be impossible to name 
them all, but among them were the following: A Colonial 
car containing John and Priscilla Alden (H. L. Fordham) ; 
a flag-decorated float bearing the Liberty Bell as the central 
figure — designed by Mrs. E. M. Brodhead — costumes of the 
occupants, colonial (W. D. Faulkner) ; a car trimmed with 
red poppies on a dark green background (T. J. Phillips) ; a 
car enveloped in a black and gilt box, containing a playing 
Victor, representing a calliope (Miss Georgia Marshall) ; a 
car decorated with asparagus vine and white privet blos- 
soms (Mrs. R. Sturmdorf ) ; a car in white and tri-color con- 
taining the members of the "Home" group in the closing 
tableau of the Pageant (Albert Albertson) ; a car represent- 
ing a pink and white poppy bed, car lined with white, tires 
white, and costumes of occupants, white with touches of 
pink (E. D. Cahoon) ; car trimmed with patriotic colors, 
occupants in old-time costumes (Ernest Beebe) ; a Vassar 
car, representing a gray basket, filled with pink roses and 
girls in pink (Ann Hallock) ; two Syracuse University cars 
in yellow and black, filled with students ; a car covered with 
sunflowers, nodding from a background of crisp green 
foliage, costumes white with Normandy caps and white 
fichus, trimmed with tiny sunflowers (J. H. Marshall) ; a 
car festooned with morning glories, costumes white with 
touches of dainty morning glory colors (Rev. W. H. Longs- 
worth) ; a large car with top raised, every inch of exposed 
surface covered with fresh golden rod, costumes of ladies, 
yellow (A. H. Cosden) ; a float representing the early his- 
tory of Sterling, or Greenport, with Indians, canoe, and wig- 
wam (Greenport Board of Trade) ; a car covered with rag 
carpet, costumes colonial (George B. Preston) ; a car in 
white bearing the motto, "Let us have Peace" (L. F. 




"Fairies" 
J. J. Bartlett 



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"American Eagle" 

E. D. TUTHILL 








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'Pink Poppies," E. D. Cahoon 

"Sun Flowers," Dr. J. 



H. Marshall 
"Red Poppies,' 



T. J. Phillips 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 21 

Terry) ; a car decorated with pennants (J. B. Roache) ; a 
car in white containing Httle fairies (J. J. Bartlett) ; a patri- 
otic car with immense American eagle as head-piece (E. D. 
Tuthill) ; two Oyster Ponds cars, containing early settlers 
(Frank Danforth and Edward S. Edwards) ; car decorated 
with wheat (Henry Tabor) ; a car decorated with cat-tails 
and flags (Louis M. Young) ; a car entirely covered with 
wild flowers and meadow grass (Ezra H. Young) ; a car cov- 
ered with golden coreopsis and asparagus (George L. 
Edwards) ; a car decorated with flags and bayberry (Charles 
S. Stephenson) ; cars decorated with flags (Edward W. 
Latham, Clarence H. Tuthill, Henry H. Richard, John H. 
Brown, Floyd F. King, William H. Beebe) ; a patriotic car 
containing four generations — Daniel Terry Tuthill, Lucy 
Tuthill Glover Luce, Iva Glover Luce, Eloise Frances Luce 
(D. T. Tuthill) ; two "Votes for Women" cars (Mrs. E. M. 
Millard and Mrs. William Batterman) ; a car, "Fruits of the 
Land" (Nat E. Booth) ; a car filled with Camp Fire Girls, 
another with gnomes, and very many more both interest- 
ing and beautiful that we were unable to make note of or 
that could not be identified with their owners. 

Ball Games 

At this point a sport that cannot be discounted in this 
country must be reported. Like all other true Americans, 
Southolders are loyal to the national game. The energetic 
chairman of the field sports committee, Mr. Charles T. Gor- 
don, arranged for a game of baseball on every afternoon of 
the Celebration week-days. One need only mention the gate 
receipts (more than six hundred dollars) to know how pop- 
ular the games were. Immediately following the parade on 
Thursday afternoon, the thousands on the street turned 
with one accord to the diamond on the High School grounds. 
Here gathered the largest baseball crowd that ever came 
together on the East End, to witness the game between the 
Newark Female Stars and the Southold team. It was a 
novel game, quite different from the usual one. However, 
people got the worth of their money in watching the efforts 



22 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

of the girls to play ball, and in the enjoyment of the courtesy 
of the home team, of the umpire, and of the audience, in their 
treatment of the visiting players. There v/ere interesting 
features and decisions about this game that made it well 
worth seeing. 

On Friday afternoon a game was played between Sag 
Harbor and Southold, resulting in a score of 13 to 1 in favor 
of Southold. 

Promptly at 1:30, on Friday, the afternoon of the 
Pageant Play, the great crowd again made its way to the 
High School diamond, as if nothing could precede or super- 
sede interest in baseball. The regular league game between 
Orient and Southold was down for this date, and it proved 
the most exciting game of the Celebration and one of the 
best ever played by the East End League, requiring eleven 
innings to give a score of 7 to 6 in favor of Southold. 

Minstrel Show 

On Thursday evening an open-air, old-time minstrel 
show was held on what is now known as the Pageant Green, 
the place set apart for the enacting of the Pageant Play on 
the lawn of Mrs. Flora B. Bliss and generously loaned by the 
summer tenant, Mr. Alfred H. Cosden. What a setting it 
afforded for an evening's entertainment — shining water, 
dark pines, and over all the moonlight ! The entertainment 
was under the management chiefly of Mr. J. Leo Thompson, 
although in this, as in everything else, there was hearty 
cooperation from all concerned in its production. The pro- 
gram was marked by smoothness, good chorus work, solos 
sung by young voices that were remarkably true and sweet, 
and plenty of fun that was enjoyed as much by the actors as 
by the audience. 

The circle consisted of John Pollock, Harry R. Vail, Dr. 
J. H. Marshall and Frank M. Gagen as end men; J. Leo 
Thompson, interlocutor ; Harry Myers, Ray Hummel, Lloyd 
Cogan, Frederick Fickeissen, Frederick W. Bridge, Albert 
Taylor, Herbert Wells, George Hogan, Wesley Prince, James 
Lennon and John Scott. 

The program was as follows: 




"Pennants" 

J. B. ROACHE 




"Vassar" 
Ann Hallock 




"Columbus' Ship" 
Knights of Columbus 




"1640 Hayrack" 
SouTHOLD Grange 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 23 

PART I 

Chorus, "In the Land of Cotton" Circle 

"Ring Off, Coon" Mr. Gagen 

"Virginia Lee" Mr. Hogan 

"Rolling" Dr. Marshall 

INTERLUDE 

Society Dances Mr. Halterman and Lady 

Pantomime Sketch . . Dr. Marshall and Mr. William T. Gagen 
Buck and Wing Dancing 

Messrs. George Gildersleeve and George McMillen 

PART II 

"Night Time in Dixie" Mr. Cogan 

"When Uncle Joe Plays a Rag on His Old Banjo". .Mr. Scott 

"Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner" Mr. Myers 

"Bake that Chicken Pie" Mr. Vail 

Closing Chorus, "Dixie" Circle 

King's Orchestra furnished the music. 



Memorial Gateway 

Early on Friday afternoon the tide of humanity began 
setting toward the Old Wharf property, christened anew 
this year as Founders' Landing Park. Here a most inter- 
esting series of events took place. First on the program 
was the Dedication of the Founders' Landing Gateway, 
erected by the Ladies' Village Improvement Society. 

The ladies arranged a fine order of exercises, which was 
as follows: 

Singing under the direction of Rev. Harris K. Smith; 
Presentation of the Gateway in behalf of the Ladies' Village 
Improvement Society, Edward D. Cahoon, chairman of the 
Celebration; Acceptance by Park Commissioner Henry W. 
Prince; Poem, "The Memorial Gateway," written by Metta 
Horton Cook, read by Frank R. Mitchell ; Chorus, "Landing 
of the Pilgrim Fathers" (Felicia Hemans) ; Address by Rev. 
Daniel H. Overton, of Islip; Singing by the audience, 
"America." 



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The addresses were short but impressive. Mr. Cahoon 
in presenting the Gateway, said: 

"To the honorable Board of Commissioners of this delightful spot 
for a Village Park, I have the honor and the great pleasure of offering 
in the name of, and for, the Ladies' Village Improvement Society this 
splendid Gateway which they have erected as a Memorial of the Two 
Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the founding of the Town of 
Southold. 

"It is more than this — and it shall ever be a memorial to the 
fidelity, the affection, and the industry of this band of faithful women 
whose many good works shall live long after this generation shall have 
passed away, as an abiding reminder of the fact that they are worthy 
descendants of the noble self-sacrificing men and women whose mem- 
ory we will recall to-morrow in Pageant Play before the present 
generation. 

"I need not trespass on your time to recite the praises of this 
Society — 'their works do follow them.' Their only weakness is a virtue 
— modesty. Being women, they cannot talk. This gift is made pos- 
sible by the munificence and public spirit of Mrs. Minnie Terry Smith, 
Mr. Jonathan Terry Overton, and his brother Daniel,, who as the heirs 
of the late Jonathan B. Terry, with whose memory this spot is so 
tenderly associated, have given in fee forever to the Park Commission, 
the strip of land adjoining our original purchase, to the corner road 
line on the east. To them I do but feebly express the gratitude and 
appreciation of all our village people. 

"I want to leave with this splendid audience just one thought. It 
is this — Our Works Live. I remember when 'Boss Shepherd,' as he 
was called in scorn and derision, was planning, grading, and laying 
out the streets of Washington. To-day, when Mr. Shepherd with his 
big vision of the future importance of the nation's capital is no longer 
remembered, the whole country rejoices in his achievement, and enjoys 
the 'City Beautiful.' 

"I have heard, and some of you here doubtless recall, that when 
the South Road was opened through to Greenport so that travel no 
longer had to go by way of Boisseau Avenue and the North Road, that 
there was strong opposition, and bitter denunciation of the useless 
expense and heavy burden put upon the taxpayers; but we have and 
shall always have for our enjoyment the better and shorter way. So 
with this Park, whatever may have been the criticism of those to whom 
we are indebted for it, it is ours now and for all time, and shall 
remain the greatest blessing to our village that our people have yet 
secured. 

"And now, Mr. Prince, to you, as Chairman of the Board of Park 
Commissioners, and in the name of the Ladies' Village Improvement 
Society, I formally present this Memorial Gateway, the first great 
permanent improvement yet made to our beautiful park site." 




SouTHOLD High School 




SouTHOLD Baseball Team 




SouTHOLD Savings Bank 




Colonial Tea-House 
Albektson House 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 25 

In accepting the Gateway, Park Commissioner Henry W. 
Prince said : 

"Members of the Ladies' Village Improvement Society, in behalf 
of the Park Commissioners and the people of Southold, I accept the 
offering you have made, which so plainly shows your interest and 
enthusiasm in beautifying tlais historic spot. Your gift is highly 
appreciated by those now living and I am sure will be by the genera- 
tions to come. Therefore, in the name of our townspeople of the 
present and the future, I thank you for this beautiful and substantial 
Gateway which you have erected at the spot where our forefathers 
made their first entrance to the town." 

Mr. Prince referred to the early traditions connected 
with the landing place and the names it had borne, one of 
the later ones, when he was a boy, having been L'Hom- 
medieu Landing. Pointing across an arm of the Bay to 
"Little Gray House," the summer home of Dr. Edward 
L'Hommedieu McGinnis, he told how the owner's distin- 
guished ancestor, Ezra L'Hommedieu, once owned all the 
land skirting the creek and bay thereabouts, including what 
is now the public park. The speaker paid graceful tribute 
to Southold's present representative of the old family and 
the services that he was rendering to the town of his 
fathers. Incidentally, also, grateful recognition was made 
of similar services done by new-comers in zealous interest of 
the old town's welfare. The few words of acceptance were 
cordial and appreciative. 

As the Gateway was formally presented, it was unveiled 
by Josephine Addy, the young daughter of the Pageant 
Directress, and Helen Booth. Slowly the great American 
flags were drawn aside, and an imposing and appropriate 
memorial was revealed. The pillars of the Gateway and 
their coping were of cobble stones gathered from the native 
fields and beach, all fitly and beautifully joined together. On 
a granite tablet of one pillar were the words: "Founders' 
Landing, 1640." On the other: "Erected by the L. V. I. S., 
1915." The memorial was designed and built by Frederick 
E. Booth. Rev. Daniel H. Overton, who knows and loves 
Southold well, made the address of the occasion. His speech 
included many interesting references to the early history 
and traditions of the town. His humorous decisions with 



26 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

reference to perplexing points in history were especially 
pleasing to a Southold audience. Among other things Mr. 
Overton said: 

"It is fitting that I should speak at this occasion, for I feel that I 
belong to you both by ancestry and by marriage. There was no Over- 
ton among the original families that landed here, but there were two 
Overtons who had sense enough to join the colonists a little later — 
Rev. Isaac Overton, of Oyster Ponds or Orient, and Isaac Overton, the 
far famed giant of Southold. 

"But there were both a Terry and a Corey among the original set- 
tlers, and I married into those two families when I took for my wife 
Carrie Corey Terry. So you see that both by ancestry and marriage 
I belong to you. 

"Now, to-day on this historic occasion, I want to settle forever the 
priority of the settlement of Southold. Southampton claims the pri- 
ority, but I am sure that when the Southampton colony came to these 
shores they found Southold occupied or they would have surely stopped 
here, for who would ever have passed by this beautiful and favored 
spot to land on the southern mainland and walk several miles to find 
or found Southampton? We know what man and wealth have done 
for Southampton. The sea is there, and beautiful summer homes are 
there. It is a charming village, but it is unreasonable to suppose that 
the first colonists would have passed by this beautiful and fertile 
spot, with its harbor and its creeks abounding in sea food, to go on to 
Southampton unless they found this already occupied. I claim, there- 
fore, the priority for Southold. The colonists landed here in Sep- 
tember, 1640, and in Southampton in November, 1640. 

"This gateway that we now dedicate marks the very spot where the 
original families landed. There were thirteen men with their families, 
we are told. They apparently were not superstitious over thirteen in 
those days. They all had their families with them except Peter Hal- 
lock, and for some reason he was the first to land. Possibly it was 
because every wife wanted to land first and they settled it by allow- 
ing the man who didn't have his wife with him to make the first step 
on this new soil. 

"This is a gateway and it is a fit emblem with which to mark this 
holy and historic spot. It was a gateway to the colonists to a new 
land, to new homes, to new experiences, and new struggles. 

"It is a gateway to the people of this village and community to the 
bay and the beach, the natural and time-honored playground and 
bathing place of the people. 

"What you have done here in securing this park, and in giving this 
gateway of access to the water to the people, all villages on the Island 
ought to do. Some of the villages have sold their birthright and can 
never get it back again. You got yours back in time and now will hold 
it forever for the people. Now you have marked this historic spot in 




Girls' Tub Race 




Fast Swimmers 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 27 

cement and stone, as well as in your minds and hearts, and this gate- 
way will stand for years to come as a witness of the wisdom of our 
ancestors in landing here and your wisdom in thus securing and mark- 
ing the spot. 

"They were a sturdy people, those early settlers, the founders of 
the Southold Church and Town. We are proud of them. We boast of 
them. But let us be worthy of the heritage they have given us and 
fight well our battles and do well our toil and live well our lives, 
lest it be true of us, as William Jay said of those who were always 
boasting of their ancestors and doing little to honor them. He said 
they reminded him of potatoes — the best part is underground. 

"Let us be worthy the heritage our ancestors have given us by 
living lives that will honor their memory. It is not where we have 
come from, but what we are and do, that counts the most." 

Water Sports 

Without a moment's pause at the conclusion of the pro- 
gram, the water sports, under the direction of Dr. E. L'H. 
McGinnis and Arthur Jones, Commodore of the Shelter 
Island Yacht Club, and their able committee, got swiftly 
under way. They were watched with intense interest and 
amusement by the crowds on the wharf and beach, as well 
as by cheering, enthusiastic visitors on gaily decorated boats 
of every description. The prizes consisted of gold and silver 
medals, stamped with the Celebration emblem, a double 
head — an Indian's, looking backward, and a white man's, 
looking forward — designed by Henry Prellwitz. The prizes 
were awarded as follows: 

Women's Dive — Helen Paige, first; Constance Burns, 
second; Alberta Weber, third. 

Tub Race — Llewellyn Hutchinson, first ; Wilton Lackaye, 
second. 

100-Yard Swim for Men— John Gerlin, first; F. Ecker, 
second ; William Hoinkis, third. 

50-Yard Swim, Girls — Constance Bums, first; Helen 
Paige, second ; Alberta Weber, third. 

50-Yard Swim, Boys — C. K. Brunn, first; Wilton Lack- 
aye, second ; John Dowie, third. 

Canoe Race, for Men — Frank Conklin pnd Fred Reil, 
first ; Gaty and Edwards, second. 



28 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

Women's Canoe Race — Dorothy McKee and Alice Allen, 
first ; Mary Robinson and Bertha Weber, second. 

50-Yard Swim for Men — John Gerlin, first; Paul Roth, 
second; Theodore Gatz, third. 

Men's Fancy Dive — Fred Rohm, first; Arthur Burns, 
second. 

Women's Tub Race — Constance Bums, first; Vivian 
Hutchinson, second; Marguerite Laporte, third. 

Rowboat Races for Men — Robinson Brothers, first; 
Wesley Prince and Jack Loth, second. 

Canoe Tilting — ^Wesley Prince and Jack Loth, first; F. 
Ecker and Sturges, second. 

One of the most interesting attractions connected with 
the Celebration was the anchoring in the Bay of the torpedo 
boat destroyer Terry, brought here through the efforts of 
Congressman Lathrop Brown. It was visited by many of 
our people and every courtesy was shown them by the offi- 
cers in charge, who in turn were entertained on shore at 
"Little Gray House," the summer home of Dr. E. L'H. 
McGinnis. 

Fireworks 

The great field on the bluff, the use of which had been 
kindly donated by Mrs. Minnie Terry Smith, was rapidly 
filling with automobiles as darkness came on. Fifteen hun- 
dred cars, it is said, came to watch the wonderful display of 
Pain's fireworks that took place on the beach. The Green- 
port Band played while families and parties enjoyed their 
suppers. As the lights flashed out on the boats and Jap- 
anese lanterns were lighted, the harbor seemed filled with 
boats in gala attire. The Water Carnival was a brilliant 
sight, but more wonderful than even the magnificent fire- 
works — Niagara Falls by moonlight, the waving of Old 
Glory, or the display of our own lovely Celebration Pennant 
in outlines of light — was the motionless sea of heads down 
on the beach that was illumined at every flash of fire. Where 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 29 

did the ten thousand people come from? What spirit of 
unity was binding all hearts together in perfect harmony 
and order now, as at every event of the Celebration ? How 
did they all vanish so quickly and quietly, without a sign of 
crowding or disorder? The most interesting thing in the 
world is a crowd of people, and truly the most admirable, a 
Southold crowd. 



Pageant Play 

Saturday came and one could feel in the air that the 
climax of the Celebration was approaching. Automobiles 
flew faster than ever and all on business bent. Everybody 
wore an expression on his face that meant now or never 
must the thing in hand be done. The afternoon of the great 
Pageant Play of Ancient Southold arrived, and the chairman 
of every committee might well feel that his duties now were 
done, completed to the best of his ability under the circum- 
stances. 

An artist may, with a few strokes of a brush, suggest a 
great scene. Would that a great writer might with a few 
strokes of his pen present to readers the beauty and power 
of the Pageant Play presented under the direction of May 
Marshall Addy at "Creekside." A more perfect setting 
could not have been found. The Pageant Green, with its 
knolls and slopes, its tall trees and bushes, its low bluffs 
from behind which actors appeared and disappeared, looked 
out on Creek and Bay. In its background, looking eastward 
tov/ard the site of the old Indian village of Yenneacott, lay 
a very perfect modern reproduction of Indian camp life, 
while more to the right and west appeared a semblance of 
one of the homes of the early settlers. The play was per- 
formed on the grass, nature's stage, and well would it have 
been for all concerned had nature continued her work and 
dealt as kindly with the audience as with the actors, by rear- 
ing for the former, a great hill from whose sides the specta- 
tors might have watched the drama of the early life of 
Southold. The setting was perfect, but the seating was a 
problem from the start. Let those who feel inclined to com- 



30 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

plain, realize the difficulties of the situation and know also 
that the gravest consideration was given from the begin- 
ning to the matter of seating comfortably the large audi- 
ence. If there was failure in doing this, it was not inten- 
tional or owing to want of thought. 

Another feature that contributed largely to the beauty 
of the play was the costuming. This was in charge of Miss 
Georgia Marshall, sister of Mrs. Addy. Think of planning 
clothes for two hundred people ! Some were homemade and 
some were rented, but all were well made, appropriate, and 
artistic. The costumes alone were worthy of especial study, 
so carefully were they designed and made for the characters 
and the times. 

One recalls now the Pageant Play as a great moving pic- 
ture. There was much of action with here and there the 
spoken word or song. The characters, in fitting dress, ap- 
peared and disappeared. It mattered not whether words 
were heard or not. A suggestion was made, and the active 
imagination followed with the liveliest interest the story of 
long ago. A pageant pre-supposes imagination on the part 
of the audience. It assumes also leisure sufficient for watch- 
ing the sometimes slow and sometimes swift development 
of epochs in history. Things are not all cut and dried, true 
to fact, and made to order in a pageant. It is delightful in 
its suggestiveness. As was said in the prologue, one is to 
"give free play to happy fancies, and wander [not rush] 
down dim pathways." 

The speaker of the Prologue was named Community 
Friendship. Name and words and gown — white with yellow 
bands — betokened the character and aim of the speaker. 
Underneath and between the lines one read the highest 
end of the Pageant — fellowship. The words, "Let us 
live it o'er together," were realized in the fact that hundreds 
had worked together to produce what thousands came to- 
gether to witness. The work of Community Friendship was 
done before the Prologue was spoken. The part was to have 
been taken by Mrs. Minnie Terry Smith, but in her absence. 
Miss Helen Millard, of Brooklyn and Southold, delivered the 
Prologue in a highly effective manner. 



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Spirits of Nature, representing everything beautiful in 
nature, who possessed the land before the coming even of 
the Indians, and who still possess it, led by Miss Hazel King, 
appeared with all the abandon of waves and sunlight, flying 
clouds and swaying branches, and danced with a freedom 
and grace, perfectly true to their character. They flitted 
away and became a part of the landscape. 

The Red Man appeared. If the Pageant Play gave us 
nothing else, we should be thankful for this scene, so artistic 
and perfect in its suggestiveness of the Indian life that has 
entirely vanished from our soil. We fancy the presentation 
of this episode cost the directors, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Prell- 
witz and the able committee associated in the work, many 
months of research and preparation. The costumes, the 
ornaments, the occupations, the wigwam and canoes, the 
movements, sounds, dancing, now simple and sedate, now 
wild and frantic — all were a natural part of the primitive 
life that the actors seemed to be actually living. The ap- 
pearance and songs of Os-ke-non-ton, grandson of a real 
Mohawk Indian chief, a true artist in his instincts, added 
greatly to the perfection of this scene. One of the most 
artistic and pathetic acts in the play was the gradual and 
final retirement of the Indians from the foreground and the 
farewell song of Os-ke-non-ton. 

The coming of the Puritans, headed by Pastor John 
Youngs (W. R. Newbold), was equally stirring. One felt 
the seriousness of the movement of these first settlers, their 
strength of character, their determination to live according 
to their convictions of right, come what would. It was mar- 
velous the manner in which the spirit of the old settlers was 
portrayed. Yea, verily, much of the original must still 
remain in these descendants and have been manifested in 
their wonderful enactment of the part. Men, women, and 
children of the Southold Grange represented a great scene, 
and they performed their parts with a dignity and serious- 
ness that was thrilling. The Town Board also made no frolic 
of the occasion. They looked and acted as if they fully real- 
ized the sacred responsibility resting on their shoulders. 
Was there one in the play who did not act his part well? 



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Even little Caleb Horton, the first child bom in the town, 
cried at just the right moment. The Town Crier, too, was 
perfect. We wonder if in the old days he was as fine in form 
and as clear in voice, and moved as gracefully as did the one 
who strode the Green, rang his bell and cried "Hear ye! 
Hear ye ! Hear ye ! on the afternoon of the Pageant, 

Prominent citizens of Greenport and Orient acted the 
Purchase Scene in Episode I with a fine dignity and appre- 
ciation. With perfect dignity and decorum also the great 
oxen performed their part in this scene. Not every driver 
whose ox-goad had been idle for twenty-five years could have 
guided as skilfully as this one the oxen and cart up the nar- 
row road and on the Green. But then — everything went off 
just right. Even the household effects in the Purchase 
Scene were interesting. The quaint old pieces of furniture 
piled on to the cart were real heirlooms of the early settlers 
of Greenport and Orient. The neatly gowned women and 
children stepped lightly aboard, the oxen turned, the men 
followed and thus began new homes in outlying settlements. 

John Budd spoke but once, but he made an impression 
that caused a stranger to accost him after the play and 
v/armly endorse his utterances. The three heretics, Budd, 
Smith, and Norton, in their brief scene, acted long enough 
to enlist the sympathies of the audience. The coming of 
the Dutch messenger to demand the allegiance of Southold 
and his repulse by the latter was given with just the spirit 
we should imagine old Southold to have displayed. 

There were bright interludes and scenes to relieve the 
soberness of the historical episodes. A party of six young 
ladies spending the summer at Paradise Point danced a most 
interesting dance called "America." They represented 
epochs in the history of America, beginning with the Indian, 
and following in order were the Puritan, the Dutch, the 
Quaker, the Cavalier, and modern life. 

The Early Southold School was also one of the most 
attractive features. Who else could be the inimitable Dame 
except our one and only Julia Conklin ? With what zest and 
fun the Dame and the quaintly dressed children entered into 
the old forgotten games, London Bridge and Looby Loo! 



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How we want to see them all again as they played and sang 
under that great pine tree! 

A goodly company of fair ladies, well dressed, too, and 
diligent spinners (?) sang, under Mrs. Stumidorf 's direction, 
a spinning song. The song and the spinning were greatly 
enjoyed. 

Another interesting scene was from the Revolutionary 
times, when one of a party of Red Coats sang "The Song of 
the Bow." The insults the singer afterward gave and re- 
ceived were effectively done by Officer Jones and Mistress 
Howell. The tableau, "Spirit of '76," done by descendants 
of G. A. R. men, drew the audience to their feet. One scene 
followed another, each with its interest and beauty, each 
suggesting some epoch-making period in the nation of which 
Southold was a part, till the end came in the close of the 
Revolutionary War. The return of peace was celebrated by 
a grand reception. Stately dames received and stately 
dames and fine gentlemen arrived and were announced by a 
grand functionary in a manner befitting the guests and the 
occasion. Then Ezra L'Hommedieu, Barnabas Horton and 
William Wells and other notables of various periods, with 
their ladies, danced the minuet. Sixteen young ladies and 
gentlemen from Riverhead performed this part. Very soft 
music was played and whether intentional or not the effect 
produced was weirdly beautiful. Gracefully and silently the 
powdered and richly dressed figures moved through the 
figures of the old dance, till one felt he was beholding phan- 
toms. The scene became unreal, a dream or vision that one 
was permitted for an instant to behold. Thus was produced 
easily an illusion that might have taxed the powers of the 
best stage manager. "Give free play to happy fancies" in 
a pageant. 

The music for this scene was furnished by Riverhead, 
all the rest of the Pageant Play orchestral music being under 
the direction of Professor C. Oscar Moore. 

The closing tableau was an effective piece of work. It 
represented the "Future of Southold." Dr. Epher Whitaker 
rose from his seat and took his place on the stage as the 
central figure and instantly the large audience rose. Who 



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could better express Faith than this man? Whatever 
changes may come, however times present may differ from 
times past, Dr. Whitaker will never lose faith in the tovv^n he 
loves. He stands for faith in man and faith in God. Com- 
munity Friendship joined Faith. Peace, Plenty, and Hope 
were represented by three young ladies — Miss Ann Hallock, 
Miss Ada Smith, Mrs. Alice Fisher ; Love, by two little boys, 
Sam and John Merwin ; Happiness by little Esther Macomber, 
and Home, one of the most beautiful groups of all, by Mrs. 
Albert W. Albertson and her five children. These characters 
grouped themselves about Faith, while the Spirits of Nature, 
always ready to appear, danced among the figures with their 
characteristic gladness, binding all together in the bond of 
unity with the golden bands of Community Friendship. The 
Play ended with a procession across the Green of all the 
Pageant Players. Shall we ever cease to be grateful to that 
long line of busy men and women who had given cheerfully 
for months their time and talents that we might live with 
them for a couple of hours in the "fondly remembered past," 
share with them its trials and hardships, gather lessons that 
make us grateful for the "happy present," and gain sure 
hope of a "promising future"? Shall we ever cease to be 
grateful to the one who made this afternoon of unprece- 
dented pleasure possible for us all, May Marshall Addy, the 
Directress of the Pageant ? 

Closing Concert 

Saturday evening found the crowd still ready for enjoy- 
ment. As many as could be accommodated secured seats in 
the First Church for the Closing Concert of the Celebration. 
Every number on the program was an attraction, but the 
chief, perhaps, was the readings that had been anticipated 
for weeks from the great actors, William Faversham and 
Julie Opp Faversham. Mr. Faversham made a graceful 
little speech, the kind that is prized nowadays from great 
actors when they doff the masque and appear as themselves. 
He told a delightful little story that foreshadowed fabulous 
but interesting possibilities in dramatic presentation, 



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touched briefly on our local history, and made us feel his 
cordial interest in it. Julie Opp Faversham won our hearts 
in her recital of two poems, one from Ella Wheeler Wilcox 
and one from Kipling. While the rendering of them was a 
perfect piece of art, still we felt there was a higher charm 
that made such rendering possible. The poems voiced the 
sentiments of the great actress. So she gave us more than 
art — a message from herself in the two exquisite poems. 

These two artists were ably supported by such musicians 
as Hazel Carpenter, who ranks as one of the finest pianistes 
in the country ; Clara Strong Tuthill, whose mastery of song 
has won her a reputation in this country and abroad ; Marie 
Morrisey, the popular soloist from the Fifth Avenue Presby- 
terian Church, New York; William M. Campbell, the fine 
baritone soloist from St. George's Episcopal Church, Brook- 
lyn; and Os-ke-non-ton, who might be called an Indian 
charmer, so fascinating is his work in either speech or 
song. The following program tells the treat that these 
noted performers gave the audience : 

Piano Solo — Polonaise Op. 53, Chopin, Miss Carpenter. 

Songs — "Invictus," Bruno Hulin, and "I Fear No Foe," 
Pinsuti, Mr. Campbell. 

Song — Aria from "Madame Butterfly," Puccini, Miss 
Tuthill. 

Indian Songs — Os-ke-non-ton. 

Dramatic Recitals, from Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Kip- 
ling, Julie Opp Faversham. 

Piano Solo — Concert Arabesque (on Strauss Motifs "By 
the Beautiful Blue Danube") , Schulz-Evler, Miss Carpenter. 

Songs — "The Minor Chord," Mager, and "Thoughts of 
You," William Stickles, Mr. Campbell. 

Songs— "I Am Thy Harp," Woodman; "A Banjo Song," 
Sidney Homer; "The Star," Rogers, Mrs. Morrisey. 

Speech — William Faversham. 

Songs — "My Lovely Celia" (Old English), Monroe; 
"Irmelin Rose" (Norwegian Song), Peter son-Berger, Miss 
Tuthill. 



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Sunday Morning Services 

On Sunday morning everybody was surprised again to 
hear the old triangle as it called out the hour of public wor- 
ship. Every church in town held its religious service as 
usual, except that it partook of a historical character. 

Rev. H. E. Marsland of the M. E. Church gave a history 
of Methodism in Southold. This church was founded here 
120 years ago, and during that time 133 different ministers 
have been in charge. In the early days there would be sev- 
eral ministers stationed here in one year. 

Rev. G. W. Scudder also told of the development in this 
village of what is known as the liberal thought. He referred 
to every Universalist pastor that had preached here and 
paid tribute to the good men who had strongly supported 
the church. Mr. Scudder quoted the words that were 
scratched upon a pane of glass in one of the west windows 
of the church : 

"May this house stand for years to come and the society flourish in 
the blessing of Divine Providence and my children live to come to the 
altar when I am laid in the dust and praise their God with hearts full 
of love and praise to God. Wm. R. Williamson. 

"Finished painting Aug. 27, 1837." 

At both masses the rector of St. Patrick's Church, Rev. 
Father Uleau, delivered sermons treating of the history of 
St. Patrick's. This church was founded in 1858, and for 
several years services were held at different homes. In 1863 
the old Academy was purchased and converted into a church. 
Father Uleau spoke of all the rectors in charge and quoted 
largely from a journal kept by Father McKenna. St. Pat- 
rick's is the mother of all the Catholic churches on this end 
of the Island. 

The historic First Church presented a beautiful appear- 
ance with its bunting and floral decorations. A large congre- 
gation was present. Rev. William Huntley Lloyd, pastor of 
the church, read the Sermon on the Mount from the old 
Horton Bible. This was printed in 1599 and brought to 
Southold in 1640 by Barnabas Horton. It is in fine condition, 
although it bears the marks of having been well read. It 
has passed by will through the Horton, Tuthill and Landon 



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families, and is now owned by Mrs. Addie Horton Thorne. 
Dr. William Force Whitaker, of Elizabeth, N. J., offered 
prayer. Dr. A. W. Fismer, of Bloomfield, N. J., led the 
responsive reading. The sermon was by the pastor of the 
church and was mainly retrospective. 

Mr. Lloyd referred to three prominent men — Rev. John 
Youngs, Barnabas Horton, and William Wells — as typical of 
the character of the early settlement of Southold. He con- 
trasted the civilization of their day, nearly three hundred 
years ago, with that of our day. 

"Conditions in England, especially those of the lowest but intelligent 
poor, were intolerable; and a miserable tyranny drove out of England, 
to the everlasting benefit of Southold Town, a number of its bravest 
men and purest women. They brought to this country the germs of a 
higher civilization, proving that God makes the wrath of men to 
praise Him and compels human sin and folly to majestic ends. God 
does not rule the world to the end of making us rich, great, or happy 
in a material sense. Were this the objective point, the course of Divine 
government would present indeed a series of sad blunders. The goal 
of life is not sordid pleasure, social distinction, or personal aggran- 
dizement: it is moral development and the aim is to fit us to help our 
brother man and to serve worthily our God. 

Every decisive battle secures the progress of the race and we have 
no right to judge any great movement until God places his period and 
the sentence is made complete. Again and again the retrogressive 
elements become terribly dangerous. They reach the very brink of 
disastrous success. But the final struggle invariably vindicates the 
Providence of God and furthers the highest welfare of mankind." 

Mr. Lloyd punctuated his discourse with many local allu- 
sions; showed plainly the Divine supervision of God in the 
founding of the Town, and proved that God in His Heaven 
was directing all things for the betterment of man. 

Marie Morrisey, soloist in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian 
Church, New York, sang "A Prayer"; Albert Silkworth 
played the cornet, and May Horton Hummel, the worthy 
successor of her father. Prof. D. P. Horton, presided at the 
organ. 

Union Religious Service 

At 2:45 Sunday afternoon a Union Religious Service of 
all the churches and people in Southold Town was held on 



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the lawn of the First Church, Rev. Wm. H. Lloyd presiding. 
As in the old days, all the people in the colony went to 
church, so on this day everybody nearly must have been 
present. It was another vast audience that looked toward 
the platform built in the shadow (or sunshine) of the old 
parsonage. On it sat the man who had gone out and in the 
doors of that parsonage, a young man with the cares of a 
parish on his shoulders, nearly seventy years ago. It 
seemed so fitting that the platform should have been placed 
exactly where it stood, under the arbor, near the giant maple 
tree that Dr. Epher Whitaker planted and under which the 
speaker of the day. Dr. William Force Whitaker, had played. 
With these associations fxitting through the mind, what an 
experience it was to have that young man, now crowned 
with the silver of ninety-five years, rise and bid us welcome 
to Southold, his old church, his old home ! 

Seated with Dr. Epher Whitaker and his son, Dr. Wil- 
liam Force Whitaker, and the Presiding Chairman, Rev. 
Wm. H. Lloyd, were the Chairman of the Religious Service 
Committee, Mr. Frank R. Llitchell, Rev. Herbert E. Mars- 
land, Rev. George W. Scudder, and Rev. Dr. Charles E. 
Craven. At the right of the platform were about two hun- 
dred singers, the Southold Town Choral Union, led by Rev. 
H. K. Smith, of Cutchogue. Even the sight of this choir 
was an inspiration. The Celebration was worth while just 
to bring the singers together. Too much praise cannot be 
given them and LIr. Smith, the leader, for their grand ren- 
dering of the hymns and the Hallelujah Chorus. 

Directly in front of the platform were the 'men whom we 
love to honor, members of the G. A. R. 

A brief but fitting prayer was offered by Rev. H. E. 
Marsland, of the Southold Methodist Church, and Rev. 
George Wilson Scudder, of the Universalist Church, led in 
the Responsive Readings. 

Dr. Whitaker in his address of welcome spoke briefly but 
with perfect clearness and directness, praising as he loves 
to do, the founders of the town and church. He said: 

"A part has been given me in this Celebration. This part is to 
welcome to the worship of God all who are here. It is perfectly fitting 



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that the worship of the Supreme Being should be the capsheaf of the 
Celebration. 

"The founders of Southold were religious men. They were also 
enterprising, brave, strong, resolute and thrifty. They were, how- 
ever, above all, earnest and zealous in their religious worship. They 
came here chiefly because they were determined to maintain their 
freedom to worship God in the way which they deemed best. They 
were v/illing that others shovild plant in the wilderness other settle- 
ments different from Southold. But here they were ready to endure 
toil and suffering for what they esteemed their highest and everlast- 
ing good, the worship and enjoyment forever of that Being whom 
George Washington habitually and reverently called 'the Supreme 
Being.' 

"They were disciples of the Messiah who said: 'God is a Spirit: 
and they that worship Him must v/orship Him in spirit and in truth.' " 

Following the address, the sympathies of the audience 
were taken suddenly far from home. A letter from South- 
wold, England, was read by Mr. Frank R. Mitchell. The 
vicar of Southwold had responded in a touching manner 
to our notice of the Celebration. He described conditions in 
the mother town as a result of the war, sending, however, 
most fervently his good wishes and the blessing of the 
church to the highly favored Southold on Long Island. 

There had been much of sentiment and symbolism in the 
four days that had passed, if one could have taken time to 
think about such things, but on this day there were no hin- 
drances to thought and many will remember it as the best 
of all the splendid days of the Celebration. We had, as Mr. 
Lloyd said in introducing the speaker of the day, "a great 
occasion, a great theme, a great speaker, a great audience." 
It was the fitting ending of all the preceding efforts. The 
well organized work, the hearty cooperation, the unity in 
spirit, the breadth of outlook, the aim at perfection in ma- 
terial details whose end was harmony — all these forces came 
together in the great audience that met for the last time, 
with a common purpose, to listen and learn of high things. 
Did they do this? From the first words of the speaker to 
the last, man, woman, and child listened, not an eye wan- 
dered, not a word was lost. Simple, true, vital, every word 
heard and understood, every word interesting and spoken 
with a voice that riveted attention — ^these were the charac- 



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teristics of the oration, that will live in the hearts of the 
hearers as one of the things that made the great Celebration 
great in the highest sense of the word. 

Dr. William Force Whitaker, son of Southold's historian, 
pastor of the historic church of Elizabeth, Chaplain-General 
of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revo- 
lution, proved well his fitness for the honor he esteemed it 
of being orator of the day. A mere outline only of his 
address can be given. He said in part : 

"It is most fitting that the close of three centuries, less a quarter, 
in the life of this town, should have celebration, popular and enthu- 
siastic, jojrful and reverent. Thursday brought the artistic parade; 
Friday saw throngs at the shore to behold the brilliant pyrotechnics; 
Saturday came with the elaborate pageant. To-day, assembled near 
the graves of the pioneers, and beneath the shadow of the ancient 
sanctuary, the hours of holy time are used for psalm and prayer and 
a great chorus of praise to God. Doubtless such a reverent conclu- 
sion of the festal celebration would receive the approval of the fore- 
fathers. 

"Justice cannot be done to their work or worth unless their descend- 
ants keep in mind, with clearness and appreciation, the conditions in 
which they wrought and the characteristics which they manifested. 

"(a) The colonists were few and scattered. One whole century after 
Southold's planting there were fewer inhabitants in all of the Colo- 
nies than are found to-day on Long Island in a single borough of 
one city. 

"(b) They were poor. The earth had its treasures: but they were 
not prepared to mine and carry the coal, they could not find light and 
heat in petroleum, they were too engrossed with the lean wolf and the 
stealthy Indian to give time to the quest for iron or copper, for gold 
or silver. A century after Barnabas Horton and William Wells 
arrived, the colonists took up arms in their demands for independence, 
when they had no cloth for uniforms, no canvas for tents, no powder 
for their muskets, no bunting for a flag. The good women twice did 
ransack their garrets to find blankets for the soldiers suff"ering at 
Valley Forge. When the glorious Stars and Stripes were first dis- 
played in action, the red was from a camp follower's petticoat, the 
white came from a soldier's shirt, and the blue was cut from an offi- 
cer's cloak. The struggle in the American Revolution was between the 
first manufacturing nation of the world and a handful of the poor, the 
fishermen and farmers of the Atlantic shore. 

"(c) They suffered from divided interests. Men cut spruce and pine 
along the Penobscot. On the shores of Massachusetts Bay the chief 



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interest was in profit drawn from the sea. Up the Hudson there was 
trading for furs. Even more diverse were the origins and predispo- 
sitions and prejudices of these scattered settlers. Many nests in the 
old world had been stirred before the birds alighted on this far coast. 
The rugged Puritan, sedate and set in his ways; the haughty Cavalier, 
elegant and less diligent; the Huguenot, dainty and delightful; the 
Dutch, bent on trade; the Scot and the Swede; these names suggest 
the antecedents and even the antipathies of the settlers. They were a 
rope of sand. When one hundred and thirty-five years had run away 
and George Washington passed in sight of Long Island to assume the 
leadership of the army of the colonists, he had behind him no such 
united sentiment as supported Lincoln and strengthened Grant. There 
was no "solid North." There was no solid America: for the folk along 
the shore called themselves 'New Englanders' or 'Virginians.' They 
were not yet Americans. 

"But of these people, so few and scattered, so poor and sundered, 
God did make a mighty nation! The flag which started with a shirt 
and petticoat, see how it has moved on! It floats beyond the Blue 
Ridge, it guards the valleys, it has possessed the land where rolls the 
Oregon, it has pushed its way to the Pacific, it sails out through the 
Golden Gate and rests upon Alaska and Hawaii and the Philippines. 

"How did this march of the flag become possible? It is no dis- 
honor to the Supreme Leader to recognize the human element in the 
success of the colonists. They were (a) Inventive. They entered new 
fields. They needed now tools. They dared not be mere copyists, an 
echo or imitation, a rubber stamp. In the cabin of the Mayflower they 
drew up the 'Compact,' that first scheme of government of the people 
by the people ever framed for this western hemisphere. In Phila- 
delphia they put their names writ plainly on that Declaration of Inde- 
pendence. Later they framed the Constitution of the United States, 
giving the world a document without rival. They found what would 
fit the hour. They refused to be kept in the old groove in new con- 
ditions. They held that a groove was but a grave with both ends 
knocked out; and they did not intend to be buried. 

"(b) The pioneers were men and women of Sacrifice. They en- 
dured hardship. They did not seek the line of least resistance. It was 
no easy spirit of 'let well enough alone' that caused them to give up 
comforts in Suffolk, England; that drove them from the ease found in 
Holland; that crowded them into the Speedwell; that gave them 
weeks of distress in the creaking Mayflower; that called them to face 
the hungry wolf and the savage Indian and the bitter winter at Ply- 
mouth; that later summoned them as Minute Men to hasten to Lex- 
ington and stand at the bridge in Concord; that inspired them in their 
ragged clothes and bleeding feet to endure the woes of hunger and 
frost at Valley Forge. 

"Let the people of this new century emulate the devotion of the 
heroic souls of 1640 and 1776. There are mighty matters, big and 



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baffling, that need self-sacrifice to-day. Shall this be called the 'land 
of the lazy' because so few face civic obligations? Shall the govern- 
ment of the people by the people perish here, because the sons of the 
pioneers will no longer endure hardship? 

"(c) The planters of Southold were men of Religion. They are 
remembered by some for the size of their hats, the cut of their clothes, 
and their austere spirit. Mankind falls into two classes. Some regard 
life as a sacred trust, and some treat it as a social junket. The 
pioneers could not escape the conviction that life was a holy trust. It 
was from God, it was for God. To use it aright there must be the 
search of God's Word, presence in God's House, reverence for God's 
Day. The sturdy life of the settler included the thought of God as 
certainly as the fact of sunrise. 

"It was upon men who were inventive and sacrificing and reverent 
that the blessing fell. Recalling them in the parade and pageantry of 
this delightful week, let a vow be registered that their children shall 
do them enduring honor. This is a solemn hour. Suffolk in Old 
England is weeping for her dead. War such as the centuries have 
never seen makes a hundred rivers red, stains with blood a thousand 
battlefields, has taken a full million lives, and has cost in a single year 
billions of gold. George Washington suggested that the United States 
keep indoors. But a Higher Power has thrust this land forth. The 
official attitude may be neutral. But loyal sons of honored sires can- 
not be timid or indifferent or voiceless. Isolation is cowardly. Raised 
up from poverty, the country is now rich in opportunity. It must live 
not for itself, but to help the bleeding world find some solace in its 
unspeakable sorrows. 

In this high resolve, (1) let the nation stand by its President, and 
(2) let the flag be kept clean, 

" 'With its red for service and white for law, 

With its blue for the hope which our fathers saw.' " 

The program of the Religious Service was as follows : 

"Pilgrims' Flight." Words by T. B. Force, music by 
D. P. Horton, Southold Town Choral Union. 

Hymn — "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name." 

Prayer — Rev. Herbert E. Marsland. 

"Pilgrims' Planting." Words by Rev. Epher Whitaker, 
D.D., music by D. P. Horton, Southold Town Choral Union. 

Responsive Reading, led by Rev. George Wilson Scudder. 

Address of Welcome — Rev. Epher Whitaker, D.D. 

Reading of Letters from England — Frank R. Mitchell. 

Hymn— "The Church's One Foundation." 




First Church Founded in 1640, Founders' Monument 
AND Dr. Epher Whitaker 




Rev. William Huntley Lloyd 
Pastor of the First Church 



Dr. Charles E. Craven 
Preacher at Sunday Evening Service 




Rev. Epher Whitaker, D.D. 
Pastor Emeritus First Church, Southold 




The Orator of the Day: Rev. William Force Whitaker, D.D. 

Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, N. J., 

Chaplain-General of the National Society of the 

Sons of the American Revolution 



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Address— Rev. William Force Whitaker, D.D., Pastor of 
the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, N. J. ; Chaplain- 
General of the National Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution. 

"Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah"— South- 
old Town Choral Union. 

Hymn— "My Country 'Tis of Thee." 

Benediction — Rev. Charles E. Craven, D.D. 

Union Memorial Service 

Sunday evening a Union Memorial Service was held in 
the First Church, the pastor presiding. Fine music was 
rendered on the pipe organ by Mr. Standerwick, organist of 
the Reformed Church, Jersey City ; also by Mr. Albert Silk- 
worth, cornetist. Mrs. Marie Morrisey sang "Abide with 
Me," and Mrs. Anna Prince Hedges, "Gloria." Prayer was 
offered by Rev. William H. Murray, for many years pastor 
of the Universalist Church of Southold. Rev. H. E. Mars- 
land spoke on the prominence given the church and religious 
life in the history of our town. Rev. George W. Scudder 
emphasized the importance of our sense of personal respon- 
sibility to God and the duty we owe to God and humanity. 

Rev. Charles E. Craven, of Mattituck, brought congratu- 
lations to the minister and people of the old church, and as 
Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Long Island assumed 
authority to bring the greetings of that body. He also con- 
gratulated the pastors and people of the other churches of 
Southold who share with the old church the heritage handed 
down from the Fathers — indeed, all the churches of South- 
old and Riverhead towns have entered into that heritage and 
have the responsibility of handing it down undiminished to 
posterity. 

"The men who planted Southold were Puritans. The spoiled chil- 
dren of luxury, who cannot practice self-denial and keep sweet, mis- 
takenly suppose that the Puritans were sour. The superficial condemn 
them as narrow, and they were narrow, but they were deep, and it is 
better to be narrow and deep than broad and shallow. 'Puritanism,' 
to quote Carlyle, 'has got weapons and sinews; it has firearms and 
war-navies; it has cunning in its ten fingers, strength in its right arm; 



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it can steer ships, fell forests, remove mountains; it is one of the 
strongest things under this sun at present.' This Carlyle wrote in 
1840. Is it still true? It is, so long as and so far as their sons and 
daughters have the essential qualities of their sires. 

"The one essential quality of the founders that involved all else 
v^ras that they were God-fearing men — in the large sense of the term. 
They were reverential men, who feared to sin against God, who loved 
Him and trusted Him. Because they feared God they feared not the 
face of man; because they feared and trusted God they were adven- 
turous like Abraham; because they believed they could do all things 
through Christ who strengthened them they were resourceful men like 
Paul; because they lived as in God's sight they were sincere men who 
hated shams; because they took hold on God's precious promises they 
could cheerfully deny themselves in material things. Such were the 
qualities mighty alike in their times and circumstances and in ours. 

"This fear of the Lord was theirs because they were nourished in 
the Bible. They were men of the Bible. The Bible was to them the 
supernatural word of God. They read the Commandments and ac- 
cepted them as written by God's finger; they believed that Israel of 
old was really led by the pillar of fire and cloud; they believed in a 
mighty miracle-working Saviour who died and rose again and ever 
liveth; they believed in God the hearer and answerer of prayer; they 
believed in Heaven and the things that are not seen but are eternal. 
Such belief makes such character; all the natural religion in the world 
cannot produce it. 

"Feed on the Bible as they did if you would be as strong as they 
were. Do not let your wealth of literature crowd it out, do not heed 
the false cry that true wisdom denies its high claims. The Bible 
shines like the sun to those who will walk in its light. It is the 
standing miracle of the ages." 

Historic Exhibit 

One of the most attractive of the affiliated interests of 
the Celebration was the historic exhibit held in what is now 
the oldest house in Southold. It has been known to the 
present generation as the Downs House, because it has been 
occupied and owned for years by Mrs. Rebecca Peters Downs 
(now deceased). Its proper name, historically, should be 
the Youngs House. It is located on Youngs Avenue, near 
the head of Town Creek. It was built probably in about 
1656 and was the home of Colonel John Youngs. It is of 
interest to recall, as one enters the box-bordered path, that 
this was the original home of the most prominent man of 




Youngs House 
Oldest House in Southold 




Kitchen in Historical Exhibit 




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the second generation of settlers on all Long Island, Colonel 
John Youngs, the eldest son of Pastor John Youngs. He 
was one of His Majesty's Counsellors in the Province of New 
York ; one of the Judges that condemned Leisler for treason ; 
Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the New England 
Colonies — a navy that patrolled the shores of Long Island 
Sound to prevent the landing of unfriendly Indians in 
canoes. Colonel Youngs became Commander of the Military 
Force of Long Island, taking his title from that command. 
In the midst of this busy career, the home that we are 
approaching was built. Dr. Whitaker has related that when 
he came to Southold the house was standing in its original 
condition. The two ends were similar, the north part being 
devoted to the living room and the south to the parlor. 
When Mr. Richard L. Peters became owner of the property 
the north part was removed and the house changed to its 
present form, as better suited to the needs of later times. 

We enter the hall and a glance reveals floor and stairway 
covered with rag carpet; straight-backed rush-bottomed 
chairs and a flax-wheel, while hanging on the wall are can- 
teens, powder horns, stirrups, and a flint-lock musket. 

At the right a door opens into the parlor. One heavy 
beam extends across the ceiling. Rag carpet and braided 
rugs are on the floor. The walls are hung with blue and 
white homespun bedspreads, pieced bedquilts, one of which 
has ten thousand blocks in it. These draperies form a back- 
ground for rare old mirrors, framed samplers, and pictures. 
Among the latter are engravings, portraits, a design worked 
in worsteds, and a painting of the Horton House, done by a 
direct descendant of Barnabas Horton. A mantel is draped 
with pictured chintz and on it stands a fine old clock, brass 
candlesticks, and a shaving mirror. Under the mantel are 
the tongs and fire shovel, a foot stove, a warming pan, and a 
chestnut roaster. The room is furnished with fiddle-back, 
Chippendale, and flag-bottomed chairs, a hooded cradle, a 
melodeon (the second one brought to this town) , a low-boy, 
a handsome carved mahogany sideboard on which are ar- 
ranged cut-glass decanters, knife boxes in which knives, 
forks, and spoons are hung, a r-mch bowl, and copper-luster 



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ware. A glass case protects valuable articles, such as a 
watch, fine bits of embroidered linen, a set of Lowestoft 
china, the Boisseau New Testament and Psalms in French, 
a set of tiny doll's clothes, sent by a young lady to her friend 
for a wedding present, the Youngs coat of arms, a letter 
from George Washington addressed to David Hedges, Ben- 
jamin Huntting, Abraham Miller, Jared Landon, Benjamin 
Horton, Jr., Nichol Floyd, John Howard, Josiah Reeve, and 
David Warner, two of whom were ancestors of Mrs. Mary 
Horton Dayton. Other articles are in this case, every one 
of which is a treasure. On the top of an old bureau is a 
handsome brass Cromwell clock, a Revolutionary soldier's 
hat, folded, in its hat box, a copy book made by Southold's 
famous penman, OHver Goldsmith, the Wickham Bible 
(1716), and a medical book four hundred years old. A table 
in the centre of the floor displays pewter ware, a German 
Lutheran communion set, a curious old tray, and a hand- 
some candlestick. A soldier's outfit is in one comer with 
other swords, canes, and a saddlebag. There are other 
rooms to visit and we must stop trying to name the articles, 
but to mention them even gives an idea of the wonderful 
interest and value of the exhibit. 

A peep into the bedroom discloses a four-poster, made up 
with feather beds, homespun linen sheets and blankets, 
candle-wick bedspread, and chintz curtains tied back to the 
posts ; a dainty washstand with bowl and pitcher and a fine 
little mirror. Under the four-poster is shoved the trundle- 
bed, and at the foot is the cradle, both with pieced quilts 
spread over them. A picture of Queen Victoria adorns the 
wall and a calico dress hangs from a nail. 

One of the most interesting objects in the dining or 
sitting room is Uncle Goldsmith (Goopie) Horton's secre- 
tary with its pewter inkstand and old paper weight. A vil- 
lage map shows the streets and sites of homes in colonial 
times. The walls and mantels are draped as in the other 
rooms. There is a high-boy and spinning wheel, a sewing 
table and candle stand, and an eight-legged table spread 
with pewter ware. Here, too, is a fine collection of Indian 
arrowheads and another of Indian relics. 



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If one room is deserving of more minute description than 
another it is the kitchen. People love to linger here about 
the fireplace, around which the life of the home centered in 
the olden days. In it, on a crane, hang an iron griddle and 
teakettle. Swan-neck andirons support kindlings and logs 
that are laid, ready for the spark. On the hearth are tin 
ovens — one, a biscuit oven in which are nicely baked bis- 
cuit. Near the fireplace stand the little spinning-wheel and 
low wooden chair. Candlesticks, snuffers, and moulds are 
on the mantel, and over it, firearms, powder horns, skinning 
knives and wool carders. The tongs, fire shovel, and a long- 
handled shovel for removing bread from the brick oven are 
in their places and near them a bootjack. About the kitchen 
are housekeeping articles unknown to the present genera- 
tion, such as a wooden churn, wooden bowls, a mortar and 
pestle for pounding spice, homemade baskets, and a corner 
cupboard filled with dishes mostly of blue ware. 

We find in our visit to this exhibit that one important 
feature that adds greatly to the homelikeness of the place 
is the living presence in the rooms of John and Priscilla 
Alden. They have made the Youngs House their home 
during the Celebration. 

No committee of the Celebration showed a deeper inter- 
est in, or fidelity to, the character of its work than did the 
historic exhibits committee and it deserves fully the praise 
that has been showered generously upon it. 

Tea House 

"A place to rest, 

A place to talk, 
A place to stop 

After your walk, 
A cup of tea, 

Cake, pie, and meat, 
And other food 

For you to eat." 

The above poetic device appeared on a dainty hand-bill 
that announced a few days before the Celebration that the 
Albertson House would be opened as a Colonial Tea House by 



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the ladies of the Whist Club for the serving of light refresh- 
ments. All the little rhyme promised was supplied, and the 
Tea House, because of its convenient location at the corner 
of Main Street and Youngs Avenue, and its general attract- 
iveness, became a centre of social life and interest. 

The members of the Whist Club, assisted by other 
ladies, assumed the responsibility of fitting up the house and 
serving the refreshments, while the members of the Ladies* 
Village Improvement Society were responsible for the sup- 
ply of food. 

Only persons in whom were combined good taste and 
executive ability could transform a place as these ladies 
did. If defects were in the rooms, the eye of the patron was 
distracted from them by garlands of flowers, tables set with 
a dainty touch, glimpses of appetizing food, and especially by 
the young colonial dames, most becomingly arrayed in gowns 
and caps of the Revolutionary period. The Tea House 
played an important part in the success of the Celebration. 
It was thronged at meal time, and the smile and welcome 
extended by the hostesses at all hours made it a favorite 
spot for the meeting of friends and the entertainment of 
parties. 

While it goes without saying that everything connected 
v/ith the Celebration was at the price of hard work, it must 
be admitted that no body of workers labored more strenu- 
ously during the gala days, when everybody else was given 
over to enjoyment, than did the members of the Whist Club 
and their helpers. The great days almost lost their glamour 
to them, so heavy were the demands put upon them. There 
was no drawing back, however, and once having started, the 
swift hands and feet of the young matrons moved cheerfully 
to the end. 

In connection with this enterprise, the Ladies* Village 
Improvement Society, in addition to the prominent part 
assumed by them in donating the Memorial Gateway, gave 
their assistance by providing or soliciting the food neces- 
sary for the running of this large lunch establishment. The 
L. V. I. S. has never been known to fail in attaining its end. 
So in this attempt, Southold and adjoining neighborhoods 




Hazel King and Dancers 
Spirits of Nature 




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Dancers in "America" 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 49 

gave freely from their larders to this society, and no feeling 
of lack hampered the activity of the hostesses in charge. 



Dancing Platform 

Times have changed since 1640 to make it possible for 
an open-air dancing platform to be one of the popular feat- 
ures of the Two Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary 
Celebration of Southold. The person organizing such an 
amusement in the old days, though the son of a Presbyterian 
minister, might have been punished fitly by having his feet 
put in the stocks. To-day, Southold thanks the chairman 
and his committee for the fine illustration they gave of the 
beauty and benefits of social dancing. 

Dr. J. W. Stokes, the chairman of the dancing committee, 
though he has never danced a step in his life, proved the 
right man in the right place. He has sympathy with, and 
understands, the young ; he knows their love of amusement 
and of rhythmic movement; he knows also the value of 
dancing as a physical exercise and especially in the open air ; 
he believes that a good thing should not be given over to 
evil purposes, and that the duty of common-sense, intelli- 
gent people is to look into amusements, see the good in 
them, and use them. He associated with himself a group of 
people who were indefatigable during the nights of the Cele- 
bration and on evenings following, in their efforts to make 
the social dancing a perfect succes in every sense of the 
word. 

The platform was built next to the grass, among the 
trees, on the Tea House lawn. The grounds were softly 
lighted, good music provided, and comfortable seating ar- 
ranged for the spectators. The dancing began about eight- 
thirty and at eleven the lights were usually out. Quite a 
large crowd came together on these evenings, some to dance 
and some to look on, but all sociable. It was a village gath- 
ering and not unlike an old country one in its friendly spirit. 

At the close of the season the verdict of thoughtful, hon- 
est observers was that the dancing, always of a high charac- 
ter, had steadily improved, until it was realised as never 



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before, what a fine and refined art it might be ; that nothing 
had ever occurred, to their knowledge, to mar in any way 
the quiet beauty of the evening scenes on the Tea House 
lawn. 



Conclusion 

What does the Celebration mean to Southold ? It means 
first of all that we have all gotten together, pulled har- 
moniously, been backed by generous-hearted, open-handed 
men, and the result is a success such as Southold has never 
before witnessed. We have given an example of what can be 
accomplished when fear is thrown to the winds, when con- 
fidence and hope fill hearts, when hands and feet work dili- 
gently and all together. 

It means that appreciation and gratitude have been 
awakened in the hearts of the people and "to give thanks 
is good." Everybody knows now there were no weak links 
in the chain of workers who enlisted to make the Celebration 
a success, and there is not a committee that somebody has 
not mentioned as deserving of special praise. The officers 
knew the worth of these aides. They knew their alertness 
in committee meetings and the swiftness with which meas- 
ures were carried out. It is not they alone, however, but 
the people, who are clamoring that this body of workers and 
that, must have their meed of thanks. 

Perhaps the policemen come in for the largest share of 
gratitude, and deservedly so. They were a brave, capable 
squad of officers, protecting lives at the risk of their own. 
The admission and sales committee — what a responsibility 
was theirs! and it was met faithfully and honestly. The 
ushers, too, with their coolness and efficiency, are not for- 
gotten. What a delight it would be, if it were possible to 
do so, to recall every service that was contributed to the 
great success! From the patient man, Mr. A. H, Cosden, 
who generously opened the estate of Mrs. Flora B. Bliss that 
he had rented for his summer outing, and allowed for weeks 
the scores of players to come and go at will, down (or up) 
to the men who worked obscurely in the night that every- 



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thing might be in the right place at the right time, and to 
the girls at the central telephone office, who met the unusual 
strain put upon them with unfailing cheerfulness — all these 
were, and are, remembered by a grateful people. 

In conclusion, if we were asked to name two of the chief 
factors that contributed to our success, we should reply, 
splendid organization and the cooperation of all the people of 
Southold. Then if somebody should insist that the chief- 
most factor of all be named, a unanimous shout would go up 
— the unfailing good cheer, patience, and generosity of the 
chairman of the Celebration, Mr. E. D. Gaboon ! 



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SYNOPSIS OF THE PAGEANT PLAY 

OF 

ANCIENT SOUTHOLD TOWN 

Presented by the Author 
MAY MARSHALL ADDY 

On Saturday Afternoon, July 24, 1915, 

At "Creekside," the Estate of Mrs. Flora B. Bliss and 

Summer Home of Alfred H. Cosden, Southold, 

Long Island. 

Professor C. Oscar Moore Mrs. Regina Sturmdorf 
Director of Orchestral Music Director of Vocal Music 

Miss Hazel King 
Director of Dancing 




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Prologue 

Community Friendship, costumed in white with golden 
bands, appears in the centre of the Green and speaks the 
Prologue, that welcomes the guests and suggests, with the 
name of the speaker, the aim of the play. 

Greetings to our friends and neighbors, 
Dwellers in ye good old Southold, 
Friends from far and near, we welcome. 
Strangers in our gates, we greet you; 
Prithee lend to us your senses, 
Give free play to happy fancies, 
Wander with us down dim pathways 
Marked by hist'ry, lit by legend. 
Livened by imagination; 
Back to where home-loving Indians 
Lived their free lives close to nature, 
Plied canoes upon their waters. 
Dancing, sparkling, blue Peconic; 
Back to where our sturdy grandsires 
Seeking for their rightful freedom 
In the worship of Jehovah, 
Landed on this spot — Yenneacott. 
Friendly welcome was bestowed them 
By the peaceful tribe of Corchoug. 
Here they loved and here they labored, 
"Gathered them anew" in reverence, 
Named their village for old Southwolde, 
For their dear home back in England ; 
Built the church whose upward guidance 
Through the centuries has led us. 

Let us live it o'er together, 
Strive to feel their splendid courage. 
Make our own their dauntless spirit, 
Heritage of priceless value. 

(The lines of the Prologue were written by Minnie Terry Smith 
and were to have been spoken by her, but in her absence, the part of 
Community Friendship was taken by Helen Millard.) 



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Prelude 

A. 

Spirits of Nature — of field, woodland, and sea — repre- 
sented by young girls who look like wisps of cloud in their 
filmy, vari-colored costumes, flit from behind trees and bank, 
and dance. They portray by their movements the green of 
the fields, sunlight and shadow upon the grain, the wind in 
the trees, moonlight on the water, and dancing waves. 

Cast of Characters 

Hazel King, Leader 
Alice Allen Gertrude Matthews 

Josephine Addy Helen Moore 

Clara Batterman Martha Salmon 

Gertrude Davenport Dorothy Smith 

Anna Edwards Elizabeth Smith 

Edith Fitch Ella Taylor 

Dorothy McKee Mrs. Alice Tipson 

Thelma Tipson 

B. 

(Indian parts done by Indian Neck artists and others, under the 
direction of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Prellwitz.) 

The Children of Nature, the Indians, come upon the 
Green, bringing their properties with them. In the remote 
background, on a knoll, the Indian village of Yenneacott 
is seen. In the foreground a wigwam is put up, a deer hung 
ready to be roasted, and a fire built. The squaws pound 
corn, make wampum, plait grass, and do other work of the 
camp. The children play games and dance the Eagle dance. 
Indian visitors, Os-ke-non-ton, his sister, and others from a 
neighboring tribe, come in canoes from a distant shore. 
Finally, a boat is spied in the distance and the news is told 
with fine dramatic effect. Great excitement follows. The 
chiefs and braves dance to summon the good spirit of the 
Corchoug tribe, the Owl or Hawk, the medicine man leading. 
Tom-toms are beaten and the totem of the Owl is brought 
out. As the boat approaches the shore, the Indians chant: 

"Kito um pani sha ong; 

etc., etc., etc." 

(From the break of day they come.) 



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Braves 

E. A. Bell 
Philip Horton 
George Leslie 

F. F. Overton 
Henry Prellwitz 
F. H. Robinson 
W, O, Rouland 
Harry Smith 
Raynor Wickham 
Os-ke-non-ton 

Youths 
Edwin Prellwitz 
Frank Robinson 
Nelson Robinson 

Boys 
Robert Emerson 
Alvah Goldsmith 
Thomas Hall 
Goldsmith Horton 
Fred Rich 
Henry Rich 
Donald Robinson 
Beverly Wickham 



Cast of Characters 

Squaws 
Mrs. E. A. Bell 
Mrs. Harrison Goldsmith 
Mrs. Philip Horton 
Mrs. F. F. Overton 
Mrs. Henry Prellwitz 
Mrs. F. H. Robinson 
Mrs. M. M. Robinson 
Miss Jane Robinson 
Mrs. C. P. W. Smith 
and Sister 

Maidens 
Louise Fitz 
Mary Robinson 

Girls 
Bettie Daley 
Ethel Emerson 
Barbara Fitz 
Frances Overton 
Louise Overton 
and the Papoose 



Episode I (1640-1660) 

The Pirst Twenty Years of Old Southold 

A. The Landing 

(Done by the Southold Grange, under the direction of Mrs. Rose M. 
Smith and Mrs. Ida L. Beebe.) 

Pastor John Youngs with his band of first settlers land 
on the beach. They kneel in prayer. As they ascend the 
slope and approach the Green, Barnabas Horton intones and 
all sing Horton's old hymn, "Ye people all with one accord, 
clap hands and else rejoice." The Indians receive the set- 
tlers in a friendly manner and smoke the pipe of peace with 
the Town Board. Arrangements are made to build homes 
and settle the country. The Indians retire to the back- 
ground, while in the foreground the flaps of a tepee are 



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drawn aside, revealing the interior of an old colonial house 
— the old Horton House. 

B. Town Beginnings 
(Done by the Grange) 

A glimpse is given of the early home life in the Horton 
House ; of the first child born in the colony, Caleb Horton ; 
and of the mother, Dame Horton. The child's loud cry indi- 
cates to the women that he "hath the Horton gift of song." 

C. First Town Meeting 
(Done by the Southold Town Board) 
Parson Youngs and the Town Board approach the Hor- 
ton House, where they meet after the first winter has 
passed. They give thanks that spring has come and for the 
friendliness of the Indians. They consider purchasing more 
land of the Indians ; the desirability of remaining under the 
control of New Haven rather than under Nieu Amsterdam ; 
the right to worship according to their desires, and the right 
of communicants of the First Church only to vote. A party 
of Indians draw near and an alarum is sounded. 

D. Purchase Scene 

(Done by descendants of settlers of Greenport and Orient, under 
the direction of Miss Leila M. Youngs.) 

Parson Youngs and William Wells, the Clerk, talk with 
Chief Yenneacott, pledging mutual friendship as long as 
moons come and go. Jackson Conklyne negotiates for the 
purchase of the land of Sterling, called Harshamomuch 
(Greenport), for the sum of a penny an acre and one pep- 
percorn to be paid annually for fifty years; and John 
Youngs, Jr., for the purchase of Oyster Ponds, called Pau- 
cakutum (Orient), for "six goodly coats of foreign make." 
Oxen and cart appear on the scene. Orient and Greenport 
purchasers load on the cart their furniture, many pieces of 
which are heirlooms from early settlers; women and chil- 
dren step aboard, and the little band departs for the new 
settlements. At the close of the trading, Yenneacott makes 
a speech expressing satisfaction, and a settler makes a 
speech expressing doubt, as to the way of the White Man. 




Scene from Indian Life 




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Indian Chief and Son in Canoe 
(Edward A. Bell and Edwin Prellwitz) 




Medicine Man 
(George R. Leslie^ 




Indian Ciiikk and Son 
(,W. Itaynor Wickham and Son Beverly) 



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E. Quaker Disturbances 

(Done by Southold Town Board and others, under the direction of 
Mrs. Walter T. Smith.) 

Stocks are erected on the Green. Enter the Town Board 
in Puritan dress, Quakers to be tried, a runaway slave, and 
others. The Town Crier rings his bell and announces in a 
loud voice several times the trial of Quaker Norton for 
teaching heresy; of Arthur Smith for embracing the faith 
of Quakers ; of John Budd, Sr., for harboring Quakers. A 
trial follows in which fiery religious zeal is shown and touch- 
ing appeals are made for charity. The offenders are pun- 
ished with fines, stripes, banishment, and sitting in the 
stocks. 

At the close of this scene, the Indians make their final 
retirement. The wigwam is taken dovra, and camp fires are 
put out; Os-ke-non-ton beats the tom-tom softly and sings 
a farewell song. Slowly and quietly the Indians disappear 
from the immediate background and henceforth are seen 
only at a distance. 



Cast of Characters 

William R. Newbold Pastor John Youngs 

Mrs. W. R. Newbold Dame Youngs 

Max Newbold One of the Sons 

Stewart W. Horton Barnabas Horton 

Miss Florence Beebe Mother Horton 

Charles Green Bennett Baby Caleb Horton 

William A. Wells William Wells 

Miss Josephine Case Dame Wells 

Mrs. Ida L. Beebe Dame Touttle 



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Benjamin B. Tuthill 
Ernest E. Boisseau 
William H. Beebe 
Melrose I. Booth 
Samuel L. Bennett 
Henry A. Goldsmith 
Joseph H. Bennett 
Edwin Donahue 
Harrison Bennett 
Kenneth Dickerson 
Reginald Donahue 
Alexander Koke 
Daniel T. Smith 
Mrs. Minnie W. Maier 



Other Early Settlers 

Mrs. Melrose I. Booth 
Mrs. Benjamin L. Prince 
Mrs. Frederick Fickeissen 
Mrs. Rose M. Smith 
Ida M. Wells 
Mary Williams 
Abbie Teague 
Mary Conklin 
Josephine May 
Doris Hagerman 
Miriam Boisseau 
Gertrude Koke 
Helen Koke 
Harriet Dickerson 
Esther Booth 



Members of the Town Board 

Supervisor David W. Tuthill Justice Charles G. Corey 

Town Clerk Joseph N. Hallock Justice Elbert E. Luce 

Justice William B. Reeve Justice Frank E. Hine 

Justice William W. Griffin Counsel Jesse L. Case 

Superintendent of Highways George H. Fleet 



Purchasers of Greenport 

Percy Adams Jackson Conklyne 

Mrs. Percy Adams 



Mrs. John J. Bartlett 
Miss Ethel Cotton 
Mrs. Otto Van Tuyle 



Mrs. Joseph L. Townsend 
Mehitable F. Townsend 
Joseph L. Townsend, Jr. 
Kathryn Corey 
Marjory Parsons 



Purchasers of Orient 

Ezra H. Young Colonel John Young 

Ruth Stephenson Mrs. John Young 

Dorothy L. Edwards 

Laurence Fisher ^^ Children 

Jean Fisher 
Robert W. Gilispie, Jr. 
Lyle F. Tuthill 
Mrs. Lyle F. Tuthill 
John Brown Tuthill ) 

Alfred N. Luce V Children 

Eloise F. Luce ) 

George B. Dearborn Rachel Edwards Mrs. Iva Glover Luce 




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Pastor Youngs, Town Crier, and Characters from Trial Scene 



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Trial Scene 

William R. Newbold Pastor John Youngs 

Frederick K. Terry Town Crier 

Richard C. Addy Quaker Norton 

Edward D. Cahoon John Budd, Sr. 

Stephen O. Salmon Arthur Smith 

Augustus Mosely Christopher Youngs 

Walter Smith Sheriff 

William A. Wells Clerk 

Interlude 

Dance — ' 'America" 

(Done by summer residents at Paradise Point, under the direction 
of Priscilla Gadsden.) 

Following the departure of the Indians, the Era of the 
White Man is ushered in by an interpretative dance. Seven 
young ladies follow one another in succession and show by 
costume and dance the periods or elements that have con- 
tributed to the development of America. 

Cast of Characters 

Priscilla Gadsden Indian 

Margaret McLean Puritan 

Constance L. Jenkins Dutch 

Elizabeth I. Conklin Quaker 

Janet Benson ) ^ t 

L Cavalier 

Helen Conrad ^ 

Dorothy Jenkins Modern Life 



Episode II (1674-1676) 

Political Government of Early Southold Town 
A. Arrival of a Dutch Messenger 

(Done by St. Patrick's Dramatic Society and others, under the 
direction of William T. Gagen.) 

Some of the leading first settlers, now grown old, and 
others are on the Green. A visitor from Southampton, John 
Cooper, is present. A boat containing Connecticut Commis- 
sioners is being rowed to the shore from Shelter Island by 



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Mr. Sylvester and son. The people salute with joy the com- 
ing of these men. Another boat brings a Dutch messenger, 
Steenwick, who receives no welcome. A stirring scene fol- 
lows. Steenwick demands allegiance to the Dutch, but this 
is refused by both Southold and Southampton, and renewed 
loyalty is pledged to the New Haven Colony. 



Interlude 

Early Southold School 

(Done by Southold children and the Dame, Mrs. Julia L. Conklin, 
under the direction of Miss Lucy Taylor, Misses Thorne, Miss Eliza- 
beth Elmer, Mrs. Frederick K, Terry, and Mrs. Elsie Williams.) 

An old-time School Dame of the most antique order trips 
briskly across the Green and calls to order a host of children 
that look like old-fashioned dolls. They recite, work, sing, 
and play after the manner of the schools of long ago. The 
pupils are taught to spell from the New England Primer 
and to chant their number combinations. They knit, sew, 
shell peas and corn, and make pens. Finally, they all sing 
and play under the trees the old-fashioned games, Lavender, 
London Bridge, and Looby Loo. 

A trumpet sounds and the Green is cleared. 



B. Arrival of an English Messenger 

(Done under the direction of William T. Gagen,) 

An English Commissioner sent out by Governor Andros 
of New York, arrives in Southold. He demands the return 
of the colony to its place in the Colony of New York. The 
people of Southold submit, agreeing to pay then, and an- 
nually, a quit rent of one fat lamb. Forthwith a lamb is led 
out and received by the Commissioner. The Patent is then 
signed by men representing the original signers. 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 61 

Cast of Characters 

Albert W. Albertson Isaac Arnold 

Albert Salmon Captain John Youngs 

John Breitstadt Steenwick, the Dutch Messenger 

Henry F. Van Wyck Escort 

Frank Stelzer Winthrop, the English Commissioner 

Joseph Carroll Willis, English Commissioner 

Frank Strasser John Cooper 

Frank Cochran Mr, Sylvester 

Harry Carroll Son 

Richard Hogan Thomas Moore 

A. W. Sjmionds Duke of York's Messenger 

Wesley Prince Escort 

Walter Gagen Child 

The Lamb (trained especially for the play) 

Cavalry Men 

Harry Howell Wilmot Vandusen 

Richard Hodgins Peter J. Mahoney, Jr. 

Town Signers 

William H, Terry Matthias Nichols 

William H. Glover Samuel Glover 

Peter J. Mahoney Jacob Corey 

Albert W. Albertson Isaac Arnold 

Daniel H. Horton Joshua Horton 

Horace J. Booth Benjamin Wells 

Albert Salmon Captain John Youngs 

Dr. John W. Stokes Lyon Gardiner 

William L. Williams John Gardiner 

Townspeople 
Joseph Carey Walter Gagen 

John Carroll Madeline Carroll 

Robert Ebbitts Constance L. Jenkins 

James Ebbitts Edith Marsland 

William Furey Stacia Romanski 

Katherine Schafer 



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275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

Dame's School 

Mrs. Julia L. Conklin, School Dame 



Frederick Bridge 
Dwight Bridge 
Willie Carroll 
James Cogan 
Charles Gagen 
Eugene Lehr 
Frederick Prince 
Chester Rich 
John Shields 
Stephen Romanski 
Helen Cochran 
Floyd Van Wyck 
George Wells 
Lois Baker 
Dorinda Beatty 
Helen Boisseau 
Helen Booth 
Anne Burke 
Mary Carey 
Alice Carroll 



Pupils 

Catherine Cogan 
Helen Dickerson 
Rita Dickerson 
Theresa Fielder 
Marguerite Furey 
Marie Gagen 
Marjorie Hagerman 
Beatrice Hodgins 
Beryl Horton 
Frances Leicht 
Alma Marsland 
Anna Shields 
Altha Smith 
Florence Strasser 
Bernice Simons 
Helen Terry 
Evelyn Van Wyck 
Dorothy Van Wyck 
Marjorie Van Wyck 
Frances Wells 
Doris Williams 



Episode III (1754) 

French and Indian War 

(Done by ladies representing different Societies^ under the direc- 
tion of Mrs. Regina Sturmdorf.) 

Colonial ladies come on the Green, bringing their spin- 
ning wheels and stools. They spin and converse on the 
French and Indian War, recalling also events in the his- 
tory of the town. They sing a spinning song and as they 
finish, a man calls for supplies that are to be sent to General 
Johnson at Lake George. Another scene follows imme- 
diately, in which a messenger arrives and announces that 
the war is happily over. Townspeople cheer. 




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The Song of the Bow 



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Cast of Characters 

Wesley Prince Messenger 

William H. Wells Messenger 

Spinning Ladies 
Isabel Boisseau Kate McCabe 

Emma Booth Georgia Marshall 

Mary Conklin Mrs. Oliver V. Penney 

Mrs. Robert C. Davenport Edith Prince 

Mrs. David Driscol Mrs. Nathan Sayre 

Mrs. Elizabeth Hall Lucy Taylor 

Mrs. Anna Prince Hedges Vera Terry 

Alice Hynard Mrs. Rajmor Wickham 

Grace King Mrs. Elsie Williams 

Frieda Williams 



Episode IV (1774-1776) 

Early Revolutionary Days 

A. Notice of Red Coats 

(Done by townspeople and descendants of the G. A. R., under the 
direction of Clement W. Booth.) 

A notice is nailed on a tree, which is read by one of the 
townsmen. He resents the news that two English com- 
panies are to be docketed upon Southold, but turning, he 
beholds a sight that foretells an awakening. 

B. Tableau — Spirit of '76 

There comes marching on the Green a small body of 
youthful patriots — a little drummer boy, drumming on a big 
drum; two small boys carrying a big musket; two taller 
lads ; a barefoot boy with a hoe over his shoulder ; a Minute 
Man on horseback ; and a color bearer. The audience rises 
and salutes the flag. 



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Minuet Dancers from Riverhead 

Jane Bagshaw Donald H. Belford 

Jane Edwards Harold Arnold 

Lois P. Harper Everett Benjamin 

Lydia G. Jackson Charles Downs 

Leah Myer Harold Hutchinson 

Hazel Odell Philip W. Stackpole 

Marguerite R. Richardson Clyde Tooker 

Constance Tooker Austin Warner 

Finale 

A. The Future of Southold 
(Grouping and costumes designed by Marianna Mitchell) 

After the dance, one of the guests starts an old song, 
"Auld Lang Syne," in which the other guests join. During 
the singing. Dr. Epher Whitaker comes from his seat in the 
audience and takes a position under a stately pine on the 
Green. The audience rises. Dr. Whitaker represents 
Faith. Community Friendship joins him and then appear 
the following symbolic characters : Peace, represented by a 
young lady in white, holding aloft a dove; Plenty, by a 
young lady in purple and white, carrying a sheaf of wheat ; 
Hope, by a young lady in light blue, with a star in her 
crown and an anchor in her arms ; Love, by two little boys 
(for Love should not be alone), in fluttering pink draperies; 
Happiness, by a sunny-faced child in yellow ; and Home, by a 
beautiful young mother with her five lovely children. The 
Spirits of Nature appear once more, this time to indicate 
the great work that must be done to insure the future 
prosperity of Southold. They dance in and out among the 
Symbolic figures, binding them all together with the golden 
bands of Community Friendship. 

B. Recessional 

All the Pageant Players, led by Community Friendship, 
march across the Green, carrying stage properties with 
them. They encircle the audience, descend the bank, and 
vanish along the beach. 



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275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 67 

Cast of Characters 

Eev. Epher Whitaker, D.D Faith 

Helen Millard Community Friendship 

Ann Hallock Peace 

Ada Smith Plenty 

Mrs. Henry Fisher Hope 

Samuel and John Merwin Love 

Esther Macomber Happiness 

Mrs. Albert Albertson and Five Children ^ „ 

Jennie, Florence, Marion, Corey, Pauline ^ 



68 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 



EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHOLD 

No volume relating to an Anniversary Celebration of old 
Southold would be complete without a brief sketch of that 
which it is all about — the founding of Southold — and there 
is but one authority on this subject. ''Go to the book," is 
the command when a historical fact is wanted. There is but 
one "book" and one undisputed author on local history — 
"The History of Southold (1640-1740)" by Epher Whitaker, 
D.D. From the writings of Dr. Whitaker, therefore, we 
glean the following items that will always be of interest. 

The chief pioneers of Southold came to America from 
Southwolde, Suffolk County, England, in 1637, and from 
other places about that time. Being the earliest English 
settlers on Long Island, they gave, in due time, the name of 
their native place to the oldest town on the Island and the 
name of their native county to the eastern county, that in- 
cludes more than half the Island territory. 

Rev. John Youngs and his family sailed from England to 
Salem, Mass., in 1637. He was offered land there if he 
would remain in that place, but he preferred to found a 
church and town of his own. Accordingly, he and the other 
first settlers of our town soon after sailed from New Haven 
to make a home for themselves on our shores. How early 
the first English explorers and traders with the Indians for 
furs and shells were on the ground in this beautiful part of 
Long Island is not known. Unhappily the first book of the 
town records of Southold previous to 1651 is lost. Some of 
the earliest settlers may have been in the place in 1639, for 
the settlement was sufficiently advanced in the summer of 
1640 to purchase the title of the Indians. This was not gen- 
erally done in less than a year after the beginning of a 
settlement. The number and order and permanency of the 
population had become so great in the autumn of 1640, that 
on the 21st of October the Rev. John Youngs gathered his 
church anew. Four days later, one of the settlers sold his 
land with his home upon it and other improvements for 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 69 

fifteen pounds. The purchase of Southold was made as 
early at least as August, 1640, earlier than any other 
English town on the Island ; and the earliest settlers must 
have been in the place many months, and perhaps a year or 
more, previous to that date. 

The lawyer of the first generation was William Wells. 
There was no physician here for fifty years. The wealthiest 
man, with his sons, was Barnabas Horton. Other prominent 
men among the early settlers were : 

Robert Ackerly, Thomas Benedict, Richard Benjamin, 
John Booth, Richard Brown, John Budd, Henry Case, John 
Conklin, John Corey, Matthias Corwin, Philemon Dickerson, 
Charles Glover, Ralph Goldsmith, William Hallock, John 
Herbert, Samuel King, Thomas Mapes, George Miller, 
Thomas Moore, Peter Payne, William Purrier, Thomas 
Reeve, William Salmon, John Sweezey, Richard Terry, 
Thomas Terry, John Tucker, John Tuthill, Henry Tuthill, 
Captain John Underbill, Jeremiah Vail, Henry Whitney, 
Barnabas Wines, Joseph Youngs, Captain John Youngs. 

They preferred the New Haven principles rather than 
the Connecticut plan of civil government. The government 
was in the town meeting, subject to the New Haven Gen- 
eral Court. The church order was maintained partly by the 
town meeting and partly by the pastor. They had no desire 
to abridge the liberty of other people in other places, but 
they were eager, vigilant and strenuous to protect and per- 
petuate their own rights and liberties. 

The industry, intelligence, virtue and piety of the people 
of the town maintained its prosperity and growth, in spite 
of all its difficulties and political changes. 

Rev. Joshua Hobart succeeded the first pastor, who died 
in 1672, and he served the people of Southold for forty-three 
years. He was succeeded by Rev. Benjamin Woolsey. Other 
early pastors were Rev. James Davenport, Rev. William 
Throop and Rev. John Storrs, ancestor of a long line of 
famous educators and preachers. 

In 1684, the County Court ordered that a prison be made 
at Southold. The town built a new meeting house and turned 
the old one into a prison. At the same time Jonathan Hor- 



70 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

ton, the youngest son of Barnabas Horton and heir of the 
homestead, enlarged his dwelling and made a court house 
in the second story. The courts were held in this building 
until the county seat was established at Riverhead in 1725. 

Soon after 1685, when the Huguenots were driven from 
France, the L'Hommedieu and Boisseau families came to 
Southold. The .addition of this French blood was advan- 
tageous to the place. Ezra L'Hommedieu, a grandson of the 
original Benjamin L'Hommedieu and of Nathaniel Sylves- 
ter, the proprietor of Shelter Island, was the greatest man 
who ever lived in Southold all his life. 

In 1715 a Presbyterian meeting house was built at Mat- 
tituck ; in 1718, at Orient (Oyster Ponds) ; and in Cutchogue 
in 1732. 

In the struggle to decide whether America should be 
commandingly English or French, Southold took its full 
share and rejoiced when Canada became subject to Great 
Britain. 

As the contest of the Revolution drew near, the town 
generally manifested its zeal for right and liberty. Under 
the leadership of Ezra L'Hommedieu, most of the men early 
pledged themselves to support Congress. The town was 
exposed to ravages from the time of the battle of Long 
Island until the close of the Revolutionary War in 1783, and 
many of the men became refugees to Connecticut. 

In 1730, Shelter Island was detached from Southold, and 
in 1792 the western part of Southold was made the town of 
Riverhead. About the same time it began very greatly to 
diversify the forms of its religious life. Congregationalists, 
Methodists, Universalists, and Baptists formed parishes. 
Later the Episcopalians, Roman Catholics and Lutherans 
formed churches in the town. 

The town suffered in some measure during the war with 
Great Britain in 1812 and was fortified and armed at its 
easternmost point. 

The early settlers have had many eminent offspring. 
Governor John Young was a descendant of the first pastor ; 
Secretary of State William H. Seward, of John Sweezey; 
Governor Philemon Dickerson and Secretary of the Navy 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 71 

Mahlon Dickerson were descendants of Philemon Dickerson ; 
Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Corwin was a descendant 
of Matthias Corwin; United States Senator Roscoe Conk- 
ling was a kinsman of John Conklin ; Major General Henry 
W. Halleck, the poet, Fitz Greene Halleck, and Gerard Hal- 
lock, founder of the New York Journal of Commerce, were 
descendants of William Hallock ; Benjamin Harrison, Presi- 
dent of the United States, was a descendant of Henry Tut- 
hill and several other early Southolders. 

The main purpose of the founders of the town was 
religion, though they undoubtedly had a liking for political 
freedom. 

The town zealously supported the old flag throughout the 
Civil War. Early in our national history the town became 
Jeffersonian Republican and subsequently Jacksonian Demo- 
cratic in its political principles. Its civil government, 
whether Republican or Democratic, has been most worthy 
and excellent. It retains the just, faithful and free spirit 
of primeval Puritanism, when men knew what they were 
building and purposely laid solid foundations for many ages 
of equity, freedom, prosperity and virtue. 

OLD HOME SITES AND SETTLEMENTS OF SOUTHOLD 

The following valuable information relating to the sites 
of the homes and the outlying settlements of the early set- 
tlers is from the speech that Counsellor Albertson Case 
(deceased) made in 1876, and was read at the Opening 
Reception of the Celebration. Mr. Case was for many years 
Town Surveyor and Counsel for the Town Board and was 
considered our best authority on roads and sites. The 
extract selected for this volume contains facts that will be 
of increasing interest to Southolders as the years pass. 

Pastor Youngs and his party located the present town 
street and built their dwellings on it. The line of the Main 
Street probably ran about as it does now. Also the street 
to the head of the creek, the road to the North Sea (Long 
Island Sound) which is now known as Railroad Avenue, and 
the present Norton's Lane. Their dwellings in a few years 



72 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

lined the Main Street from the "Run" at the foot of Willow 
Hill on the west to a little east of Town Harbor Lane on the 
east. Constant additions of new settlers were occurring in 
the years immediately following the first settlement. Of 
those first years the town has no oflficial record. 

Liber A of our Town Records (now in the Town Clerk's 
office) begins with the date 1651. The record of each man's 
home lot and outlands is the first subject embraced in the 
book. These home lots were allotted among the settlers and 
most of them were described as containing four acres, more 
or less. 

Starting at the "Run," at the foot of Mill Hill, in the 
western part of the village, the home lots of the first settlers 
were situated as follows: 

Thomas Terry, now home of Patrick May. 

Philemon Dickerson, now home of Gilbert H. Terry. 

Thomas Reeve, now home of Miss Mary Huntting. 

Richard Terry, now home of John M. Howard. 

Thomas Mapes, now home of Edward Baker. 

Barnabas Wines, now owned by Henry Cleveland Estate. 

Joseph Horton, the old house owned by Mrs. N. Hubbard 
Cleveland. 

Henry Case, the home of Edward 0. Harrison. 

John Elton, the home owned by Mrs. Wm. Evans. 

Samuel King, now home of A. Irwin Booth. 

John Tucker, now home of Oliver A. Mayo. 

John Budd, the Hunttinghurst house, one of the oldest 
in Southold, now the home of Daniel H. Horton. 

John Tuthill, now home of N. Hubbard Cleveland. 

Richard Benjamin, now home of Miss Hannah Carpenter. 

Barnabas Horton, now home of Geo. C. Terry. 

John Hobart, now the Presbyterian parsonage. 

Matthias Corwin, now home of Dr. J. W. Stokes. 

John Booth, now home of Samuel Dickerson. 

Thomas Sawyer, now home of Geo. R. Jennings. 



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Robert Ackerly, the Eustace place, the home of Post- 
master W. A. Cochran. 

John Underhill, the present site of the Southold Savings 
Bank. 

John Conklin, the Theo. Nenninger store. 

William Wells, the lawyer, the present Southold Hotel. 

Rev. John Youngs, the home of Miss Jerusha Horton. 

Col. John Youngs, the home of the Historical Exhibit in 
this Celebration, and the oldest house in Southold. 

John Corey, the Albertson House, the Colonial Tea House 
of this Celebration. 

Robert Hempstead, the home of Dr. J. M. Hartranft. 

Isaac Young, the home of O. L. Wells. 

Peter Payne, the home of Sinclair Smith. 

Thomas Moore, the home of Richard Hogan. 

Stephen Bay ley, the J. E, Cochran store. 

Simon Grover, where house of Eagle Hook and Ladder 
Company now stands. 

Benjamin Moore, the old "Case House," one of the oldest 
in town, torn down some years ago and parts of it moved to 
F. K. Cochran's land on Boisseau Avenue. 

Thomas Longsworth, where the Singley wheelwright 
shop stands to-day. 

Dr. John Gardiner, the home of Mrs. Michael Furey. 

Joseph Youngs, the house of S. Lester Albertson. 

Benjamin L'Hommedieu, the W. H. H. Glover place. The 
east part of this house is part of the original L'Hommedieu 
house and is over 250 years old. 

Jasper Griffing, the old Daniel Tuthill house at Town 
Harbor, now owned by W. F. Moore. This house is also 
one of the oldest in town. 

James Petty, now the home of A. R, Vail. 

Nathan Landon, now the home of Mrs. J. B. Terry. 

John Payne, the home of C. M. Post. 

Jeremiah Vail, the home of Geo. A. Maier. 



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Charles Glover's lot was on the creek, the Bliss place, 
where the Pageant Play of this Celebration was given. 

It seems to have been a fixed design that the settlers 
should live in close proximity. By 1660 there were at least 
fifty home lots with their dwellings. 

The Main Street ran through the woods. In 1657 every 
inhabitant was ordered to take up and carry away all trees 
and roots of trees standing in front of his house under pen- 
alty of twelve pence for every stump left standing. 

The settlers found mostly woodlands and salt meadows. 
Here and there was an arable field. This they would divide 
into small parcels of one or two acres, so that it might afford 
a share for each. Such for instance was the "Old Field," 
probably the site of an Indian village. This old field was sur- 
rounded by a general fence, a certain portion of which each 
owner of the field was compelled to make. 

They also made great account of the salt meadows. 
Almost every settler had from one to four acres in different 
meadows at Oyster Ponds (Orient), Southold, Hog Neck, 
Cutchogue, Aquebogue, and the south side of the River at 
Riverhead. The settlers had little or no upland grass and 
the salt hay furnished the most available winter fodder for 
their stock. 

The Indian names of localities were adopted to a great 
extent. Mattituck, Peconic, Cutchogue and Arshamomoque 
are familiar illustrations. Yennicock was the general name 
of the town. Our Mill Creek was called Tom's Creek, named 
after Thomas Benedict. Long Island Sound was known by 
the name of the North Sea. Many of the local names have 
never been dropped. Calves' Neck, Goose Creek, Robin's 
Island, Pine Neck, Hog Neck, Plum Gut, Peter's Neck, Long 
Beach and South Harbor we find in the early records and 
they are used to this day. Many of the names, however, 
first used, are now obsolete. 

Early in the history mills were erected. There was one 
at Mill Creek. Soon also there was a windmill on Mill Hill, 
where Mr. Barnes' residence now stands, another on the 
north side of Hog Neck, now Bay View, and another at Town 
Harbor. 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 75 

Orient and East Marion were used by the people to 
pasture their cattle and hogs, in the same way that Montauk 
is still pastured. 

Isaac Arnold had his warehouse at the head of the creek 
and was the only merchant here. 

The parish bounds ran for more than half a century from 
Plum Gut to Wading River. The old first bounds of South- 
old ran from Mill Creek to the Fresh Meadows at Cutchogue, 
the present Golden place. Soon, under titles from the In- 
dians, the bounds were extended. 

The Town of Riverhead was formed from Southold in 
1792. Shelter Island was also under our authority until 
1730. 

In 1648 the Town became a member of the New Haven 
Colony. In 1662 that colony united with Connecticut Colony. 
In 1664 we came under the authority of New York. In 1673 
the Dutch took New York, but Southold resisted the change 
and acknowledged allegiance to Connecticut once more. In 
1674 the English again possessed New York, and Southold 
reluctantly came under that colony the second time. 



We know that there were private contentions among our 
first settlers; that they were wilful, ultra and arbitrary in 
matters of conscience. With these faults we can count up a 
long list of virtues. They were moral in their lives, sternly 
religious in their belief and practice, industrious in their 
labors, prudent in all things, and of unselfish devotion to the 
needs of the settlement. If their religion was austere, yet 
its fundamental principles have made and preserved the 
nation ; if their laws and regulations were sometimes trivial 
and illiberal, yet the great bulk of the rules they made for 
their government aimed at and accomplished justice. For 
their day and generation they ruled their affairs wonder- 
fully well. 

Truly we have a right to be proud of our ancestors ; of 
those honest, brave-hearted, clear-headed men who came 



76 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

here and occupied this pleasant arm of land — this jewel, 
which nature has made so lovely in its setting, so precious in 
its valuable qualities of soil and climate. In 1640 it was a 
wilderness — to-day it is a garden spot. Southold settlement 
was poor and feeble in its infancy ; Southold Town in its old 
age is rich and vigorous. Her sons and daughters rejoice 
and are happy in her strength and beauty, her fair and 
honest name. Thanks forever and ever to our fathers who 
came here, lived out their industrious, honest lives, and 
dying, transmitted to us, their children, so fair a heritage 
for our home. 



GREETINGS FROM SOUTHWOLD, ENGLAND 

The following letter from the Rev. Claude Hope Sutton, 
M.A., Vicar of Southwold Church, England, was read by Mr. 
Frank R. Mitchell at the Sunday afternoon service : 

Southwold Vicarage, 

Suffolk, England. 

My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus : 

The letter of friendly greeting (dated May 25th) has 
come to cheer us at a most opportune time. The "Mother 
Southwold" (as you kindly call us) feels acutely the stress 
of this terrible European war. 

For many centuries the inhabitants of Southwold main- 
tained themselves by their fishing industry, but for the last 
two generations they have been almost entirely dependent 
for a livelihood upon their summer visitors. The war spoilt 
their last summer season in August and September, and 
apparently this year there will be no summer season at all. 
This means ruin or poverty for a large number of our people, 
who before were in comfortable circumstances; but we all 
need to learn the lessons which God would have us learn 
by this most terrible scourge of war, which affects to almost 
equal extent (so far as suffering goes) the vanquished and 
victors. 

You may be glad to know, therefore, that though the sea- 
son of August and September last year was the worst ever 



275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 77 

recorded in Southwold, more persons received the Holy Com- 
munion at the Parish Church than in any previous season. 

You v^rill be glad to know that the Bible is being read by 
our soldiers in a way it has never been read since the days of 
Cromwell, and that we believe that when this terrible war is 
ended, and the nations are cleansed from their sins, that the 
Kingdom of Christ may extend over the whole world to the 
extent described by the Hebrew Prophets. 

You will be glad also to know that we have now no re- 
ligious dissensions, as in the days when your ancestors left 
us. Constantly during the South African War, and fre- 
quently on public occasions since, we have had our great 
Parish Church crowded for united services for prayer or 
praise, at which the two non-conformist ministers have 
always assisted by reading the lessons from the Holy 
Scriptures. 

As I am not able to accept your kind invitation to be 
present amongst you, may I humbly commend to you a text 
from Isaiah: "Thou will keep him in perfect peace whose 
mind is stayed on thee." That text was, I like to think, often 
in the minds of your ancestors, when they left us to found 
a new home in a new continent, and it is in our minds often 
now. God was with them and blessed them, and the 
"Daughter Southold" has now, I am told, a family three 
times as great as the "Mother Southwold." 

On July 25th, I shall, D. V., at Holy Communion, ask the 
prayers of our people for you all, that the Kingdom of 
Christ may be extended amongst you, and that you may be 
prospered in things temporal and spiritual, and I will ask 
you all to pray for the preservation of our noble and ancient 
Church, and for the preservation of the lives and honor of 
our women and children, as well also for the 267 brave men 
who have already left their homes in Southwold to fight for 
their country. 

And I shall trust that you may each receive that blessing 
which is given at the conclusion of our service, i. e., the 
peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of 
His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, and the blessing of God 



78 275th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

Almighty, the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost be amongst 
you and remain with you always. 

Believe me, my dear Christian brethren, your fellow 
servant in Christ Jesus, 

Claude Hope Sutton, 
Vicar of Southwold, England. 



Town Clerk's Office, 
Southwold, England, 

July 9, 1915. 

Dear Sir: — The attention of the Town Council of South- 
wold has been drawn to your letter of the 15th of May with 
reference to the Two Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniver- 
sary of your Town's Foundation, and I am directed by the 
Council to offer their hearty congratulations upon the occur- 
rence of this very interesting event. 

The Council are particularly grateful for the kindly mes- 
sage of sympathy contained in your letter which is specially 
welcome at this time of national peril and stress. This 
town lies upon the East Coast within a few score miles of 
the scene of some of the heaviest fighting and almost the 
whole of our efficient male population is serving either 
ashore or afloat. We look forward with confidence to a life- 
long and honorable peace and the freedom and integrity of 
small countries in whose defence England drew her sword. 

To return to domestic matters it may interest your 
townsmen to know that two portions of the sea front here 
are known as Long Island Cliff and New York Cliff and there 
is no doubt these names were adopted when many of our 
ancestors emigrated to your district and helped to found the 
JTown of Southold. With every good wish for the success of 
the Celebration and the prosperity and happiness of your 
town, I am, Yours faithfully, 

Ernest R. Cooper, Town Clerk. 

F. R. Mitchell, Esq., 

Anniversary Celebration Committee, 
Southold, N. Y., U. S. A. 



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CELEBRATION POEMS AND HYMNS 

Memorial Gateway 

[Read at the Dedication of Founders' Landing Gateway] 

Gateway of this ancient town, 

Now we dedicate thee here, 
In fair Southold, whose renown. 

Like her name, to us is dear; 

True memorial of the band. 

Who came here across the sea, 
Seeking in an unknown land. 

Freedom, peace and liberty; 

Entrance to the beauteous bay, 

Winding far out to the sea. 
Bid good speed to those alway, 

Sailing from our shore and thee ; 

Those who through thy portals come, 
Stranger, friend, and wandering guest, 

Be to them a welcome home 
In this place of quiet rest ; 

Oft remind us of that band. 

Bravely, in the long-ago. 
Coming to this lonely strand. 

Toiling on through weal and woe; 

Stand an emblem of the faith 
That sustained those men of old. 

Stand a symbol of the love 

For our worthy town, Southold. 

Metta Horton Cook. 



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OUR OWN FOLK 

[Sung to the tune "My Ain Folk" at the Opening Reception] 

Tho' far from home we wander, 

'Tis here our thoughts return, 
To our own folk on Long Island, 

And our hearts within us burn, 
As we think of all the loved ones 

Who in this dear place stay, 
And joy and sadness mingle 

As we list some old-time lay. 

Refrain 
For it's O, we've been longing for our own folk — 
For old friends are best of all this earth's folk. 
And tho' far o'er land or sea. 
It is here our hearts will be. 
At home in dear old Southold 
With our own folk. 

But once again we're greeting 

Our friends from far and near, 
Ah ! sweet is now our meeting 

After many a long, long year. 
How our hearts with joy are gladdened, 

And eyes with welcome shine; 
Still abides the love we uttered 

In the days of auld lang syne. 

Refrain : For it's O, we've, etc. 

Of our school days we've been telling. 

We boys and girls of yore. 
And the happy recollections 

Centered 'round the Academy door; 
But here's our earnest hoping 

For the time that is to be. 
May peace and plenty crown her, 

This village by the sea. 

Anna Prince Hedges. 



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THE PILGRIM'S FLIGHT 

[Written for the 250th Anniversary] 

Words by T. B. Force, Southold 
Music by D, P. Horton, Southold 

Fair Isle! farewell, though o'er the heart. 
Comes sorrow's shadows as we part ; 
Thy necklace is the foaming sheen 
That ocean twines about his Queen. 
But lo ! the tyrant presses hard, 
From him we fly, 'gainst him we guard. 

By Ocean's breezy breath was blown 

The Pilgrim to a wild unknown ; 

Cold was the night, the forest bare, 

But Liberty was in the air. 

Not death could quench, nor tyrant tame 

His love for that celestial flame. 

Through cycles past we love to trace, 
The story of our father's race— 
The race that bare the torch on high, 
When freedom flashed athwart the sky. 
That light now blazing from its birth, 
Shall brighter yet illume the earth. 



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THE PILGRIM'S PLANTING 

[Written for the 250th Anniversary] 

Words by Rev. Epher Whitaker, D.D. 
Music by D. P. Horton 

Over the sea to unknown shore, 

Exiles of faith the Pilgrims came; 
Freedom they sought, not golden ore, 

God's Book their law, their trust His name. 
Sighing, they left their Fatherland, 

Tracing the flight of Liberty ; 
Here, on this spot that faithful band 

Planted the Cross and Freedom's Tree. 

Here shall that Cross forever stand. 

Symbol of life to dying souls, 
Firm as a rock, 'mid shifting sand. 

Where in his wrath the Ocean rolls. 
Vital and fair abides that tree, 

Throwing its arms to every wind ; 
Under its shade for aye shall be. 

Rest and delight for all mankind. 




THE SOUTHOLD SUNDIAL 



A Brief Historical Allusion to Life's Master, "Time" 

By G. W. FiTZ, M.D. 

The position and movement of the sun's shadows gave the time to 
our ancestors for many thousands of years before the settlement of 
Long Island and for the larger part of two centuries thereafter. 

The daily study of the stately movement of the shadow on the dial 
or floor gave our ancestors an understandable measure of the earth's 
daily rotation. The sun's changing altitude in the sky interpreted for 
them the changing seasons. And the "Sun Fast" and "Sun Slow" 
meant to them the varying speed of the earth in its oblique yearly 
swing around the sun. 

By these everyday experiences, they were made to realize more 
vividly in the succession of toil and rest, of planting and harvest, of 
abundance-giving warmth and tingling, strengthening cold, the Father's 
marvelous universe and His constant protection and guidance, for 
which they as constantly gave their heart-felt thanks. 

In the hope that it may bring similar uplifting associations to our 
generation, an accurate bronze sundial is offered as a permanent 
memento of the stirring times of unrest and change which led to the 
settlement of our beautiful town. It bespeaks interest and appre- 
ciation, not only as a reminder of the ways and means of life in 
colonial days, but as a scientific instrument of great educational value 
for all time. 

The dial is calculated for the latitude of Southold, but will serve 
for the whole of Long Island, New York City, for Southern New York 
and Connecticut, and for all places on the earth's surface having an 
approximate latitude of 41° N. 

It can be obtained, with full directions for emplacement, by mail, 
by addressing Dr. G. W. Fitz, Peconic, N. Y. 



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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN 

En Route for the Woods, 
Day after Celebration. 
Editor of The Long Island Traveler, 

Southold, L. I. 
My dear Mr. Hallock : 

The Two Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the 
settlement of Southold Town has passed. The Celebration of 
it is now a part of the history of the town. I am on my way 
to the woods and have time for only a few words of felicita- 
tion. It would be immodest for me to dilate on the success 
of the Celebration. It would be ungrateful of me to run 
away without giving some expression of my appreciation of 
the unfaltering, unselfish, and uncomplaining support of all 
our people who wrought this marvelous achievement. I do 
not yet know what measure of financial success has crowned 
our efforts, but I do know that, even if we are in debt, we have 
been richly paid in the splendid exhibition of willing service. 
Every committee has more than met the most sanguine 
expectations of the executive board. I might begin at the 
first function at the Academy and sing the praises of every 
committee until the final great religious festival on Sunday 
afternoon. I might repeat only half the kindly expressions 
I have heard of the efficiency of the police and traffic squad 
and I might express my gratitude to all the organizations 
and individuals who contributed their time and talents with 
unfailing good humor ; but this would tax your room to print 
and your time to read. I rejoice in the fact that in working 
thus we have broken down all the artificial or imaginary 
lines which so often act as barriers to the progress of small 
communities and given a splendid exhibition of what we can 
do when we march to the beat of warm hearts without cold 
feet. Let us not stop until we have a village park worthy 
of the site, a town hall worthy of the artistic and literary 
talent of our people and a railroad depot worthy of our de- 
lightful village. 

Sincerely yours, 

E. D. Cahoon. 



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REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE 275th 
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

Receipts 

Cash advanced by E. D. Cahoon $730.00 

Receipts from sale of 2,000 stickers 2.00 

" three Ball Games 630.84 

" Beach Party 603.10 

« Minstrels 422.00 

« Pageant Play 1,688.75 

" sale Pageant Play Programs 53.31 

" Evening Concert 359.40 

" Carnival 50.00 

" sale of chairs, parade 4.50 

" parking space, autos, parade 6.00 

" Youngs' House 121.00 

** Tea House 268.56 

" Dance Platform, during Celebration 125.55 

** Dance Platform, after Celebration. 49.23 

** sale of Pennants, Buttons and Sun 

Dials 265.82 

Donations 158.41 

Sale Curtains, Youngs' House 2.25 

Received from rent of costumes 258.70 

Cash received from Chairman Fireworks Commit- 
tee, being balance after all expenses were paid 2.50 



Total receipts $5,801.92 



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Expenses 

Pageant Play, Minstrels, Concert, Ball Games, 
including costumes, material, services and 

expenses $687.47 

Decorating streets and buildings 100.00 

Rent chairs and tents 110.00 

Material Grand Stand and Dance Platform, in- 
cluding labor in building and tearing down 441.23 

Stationery and Printing 180.05 

Water Sports and Beach Party 153.34 

Gasolene Torches and Gas Lamp purchased 62.50 

Music, including Greenport and Sag Harbor Bands 165.90 

Cost Buttons, Pennants and Sun Dials 195.76 

Expenses Youngs House, including rent 58.83 

Expenses Albertson House, including rent 168.18 

Banners and Signs, including cost of painting and 

lettering 45.35 

Badges for Committees 8.60 

Mileage, freight, express, postage and telephone. . 182.06 

Cartage 94.90 

Amount repaid E. D. Cahoon for money advanced . 730.00 

Other expenses 13.32 

3,397.49 



Balance $2,404.43 

Respectfully submitted, 

Fred'k K. Terry, Treasurer. 

The Auditing Committee hereby certify that they have examined 
the books and vouchers of Frederick K. Terry, as Treasurer of the 
275th Anniversary Celebration of Southold Town, and find his receipts 
to have been $5,801.92 and payments $3,397.49, and that there is a 
balance in his hands of $2,404.43, which balance is deposited in the 
Bank of Southold, in the name of Frederick K. Terry, Treasurer. 

H. Howard Huntting 
Thomas Farley 
Albert A. Folk 
Wm. H. Jogst 

Auditing Committee. 

Southold, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1915. 




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275th Anniversary Celebration 




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